Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-modernism: The Western TraditionTraces the development of architecture from Stonehenge to the new AT&T Building in New York and looks at important movements, architects, and buildings. |
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PART ONE The Ancient World | 45 |
CHAPTER ONE Architecture Before Greece TRACHTENBERG AND HYMAN | 46 |
CHAPTER TWO Greece TRACHTENBERG | 83 |
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