The Illustrated Atlas of the World's Great Buildings: A History of World Architecture from the Classical Perfection of the Parthenon to the Breathtaking Grandeur of the Skyscraper |
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Contents | 8 |
Perfection of Form | 14 |
Faith Veiled in Mystery | 26 |
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19th century achieved AGE OF CONSTRUCTION American Arc de Triumph arches archi architects Architectural Importance Art Nouveau Baroque beams became brick Buddhist built Byzantine capital carved castle Cathedral central centre Chichen Itza Chinese Christian church classical coloured columns courtyard Cruck culture decorative dome Doric dynasty early emperor Empire England English Europe example façade famous feet frame France Frank Lloyd Wright French garden Georgian glass Gothic Greek Hall Hindu houses influence interior Isfahan Islamic Islamic architecture Italian Italy landscape Le Corbusier London marble masonry Mayan Medieval ment metres modern monuments Moorish Mosque moulded nave original ornament Pagoda palace Parthenon period Primary Building Materials pyramids Renaissance ribbed vaulting Roman Romanesque Rome roof Santa Sophia Saqqara sculpture shrine sort space Spain square stone storey structure stucco Stupa style Stylistic Essentials tects tecture temple tiles timber tion tomb Tower town tradition ture vault walls