Each stage of human development leaves its mark in the history of civilization. But, perhaps, there are no more durable and visual cultural evidence of a particular era than its architectural structures. Take at least the pyramids of Egypt and Central America, Stonehenge and the Great Chinese Wall, Acropolis and Colosseum. These “silent witnesses” of the departed centuries can “tell” about the lifestyle of their creators, their engineering knowledge, as well as about art and philosophy, the reflection of which is a certain style. This publication is devoted to the styles and directions in architecture.
In this peculiar encyclopedia, all stages of development of architecture were reflected: from megalith to the present. The “geography” of the book is also very extensive – Mesopotamia and ancient Rome, the Russian North and the Balkans, Spain and France, Germany and the UK, Austria and the Netherlands. The publication will introduce you to all types of architecture – from the construction of volumetric structures to landscape planning and urban planning …
Author
Blokhina Irina Valerievna
Publisher
AST, 2014
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