Architecture: The Critics' Choice ; 150 Masterpieces of Western ArchitectureDivided into ten chapters, each dedicated to an architectural period andtyle, this lively, compact history provides a guided tour of the world'sreatest buildings. |
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Contents
THE CLASSICAL WORLO | 14 |
EARLY CHRISTIAN ROMANESQUE ANO GOTHIC | 46 |
RENAISSANCE ANO PALLAOIANISM | 78 |
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| Title | Architecture: The Critics' Choice ; 150 Masterpieces of Western Architecture |
| Editor | Dan Cruickshank |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Aurum, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Nov 12, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1854107208, 9781854107206 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / History / General |
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