Historical dictionary of architecture / Allison Lee Palmer.
Historical dictionary of architecture / Allison Lee Palmer.
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Publisher
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N809.93003/1
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English
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lxi, 320 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Publisher
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
2008.
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"Architecture, which can be understood in its most basic sense as a form of enclosure created with an aesthetic intent, first made its appearance in the Prehistoric Age. From its earliest developments, architecture changed over time and in different cultures in response to changing cultural needs, aesthetic interests, materials, and techniques."
"The Historical Dictionary of Architecture provides information on architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Tadao Ando, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, and Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, as well as on famous structures like the Acropolis, the Colosseum, the Forbidden City, Machu Pichu, Notre Dame, the Pyramids of Giza, Stone...
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Historical dictionary of architecture / Allison Lee Palmer.
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; no. 29.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-318)
State Reference Library copy at N809.93003/1 : transferred from N809.93003/1
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N809.93003/1
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74VM4XL4zLlg
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ISBN
0810858215 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780810858213 (cloth : alk. paper)
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720.9
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991001448209702626
