World Architecture: The Masterworks

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Thames & Hudson, 2008 - Architecture - 313 pages
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This majestic survey of the greatest buildings from around the globe includes both the acknowledged stars--the Pantheon, Hagia Sophia, Gothic and Renaissance cathedrals, masterpieces of Islamic architecture at Isfahan and Samarkand, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Sydney Opera House--and the unfamiliar and unexpected: the Hindu temple of Prambanan in Java, the French pilgrimage church of Sainte-Foy at Conques, and Santa Maria della Consolazione in Todi, Italy.

More than one hundred magnificent buildings are included, over fifty of which are featured in highly detailed photo essays. Will Pryce's accompanying texts and commentaries provide an extra dimension of understanding for the contexts in which they were created, and of the evolution of architectural history.

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This is a gorgeous book with stupendous photographs of a signficant selection of major building in the world. The author is a renowned photographer and has captured beauty in many places. One could ... Read full review

Contents

PREFACE
18
MASTERWORKS IN DETAIL
48
Loro Jonggrang prambanan java
56
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About the author (2008)

Will Pryce is an award-winning photographer who originally trained as an architect at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Art, London. His books include Big Shed , World Architecture: The Masterworks, and, with James W. P. Campbell, the widely acclaimed Brick: A World History .

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TitleWorld Architecture: The Masterworks
Photographs byWill Pryce
Editionillustrated
PublisherThames & Hudson, 2008
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedNov 19, 2009
ISBN0500342482, 9780500342480
Length313 pages
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