Antiquity: Origins, Classicism and the New RomeThe first in a new series of five books describing and illustrating the seminal architectural traditions of the world, Antiquity traces architectural history from its very beginnings until the time when the traditions that shape today's environments began to flourish. More than a catalogue of buildings, in this work Tadgell provides their political, technological, social and cultural contexts and explores architecture, not only as the development of form and space but as an expression of the civilization within which it evolves. The buildings are analyzed and illustrated with over 1200 colour photographs and 400 drawings while the societies that produced them are brought to life through a broad selection of their artefacts. |
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Sentient man at home | 5 |
Settlement to town | 11 |
WEST ASIA AND | 23 |
Copyright | |
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5th century BCE Acropolis aisles altar Apollo apse arcades arch Archaic architecture architrave Athenian Athens axis base basilica brick building built capital cella central centre ceremonial chamber Christian church Classical colonnaded columns complex Corinthian corner cornice court cult decorative deity developed divine dome Doric Doric Order Dynasty early east Egypt Egyptian embellished emperor empire entablature entrance Etruscans flanked frieze galleries gods Greek hall Hellenic Hittite houses ideal imperial Inca interior Ionic king later lonic marble masonry Mayan megaron Mesopotamia metres metres high millennium monumental motifs moulding Museum narthex nave northern Olmec opisthodomos Order outer palace peristyle piers platform plaza podium Polykleitos portico pronaos Propylaea prostyle pteron pyramid quincunx Ramesses II rebuilt reconstruction rectangular relief Roman Rome roof royal sanctuary shrine side space square stone structure stylobate temple Teotihuacan terrace theatre timber tion tomb tradition usually vault walls Zeus