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by Allison Lee Palmer (Author)

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 A to Z 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, Stonehenge, and the World Trade Center. The dictionary examines the development of architecture over the centuries through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the major architects, well-known buildings, time periods, styles, building types, and materials in world architecture.

Author Biography

Allison Lee Palmer is professor of Art History at the University of Oklahoma.

Number of Pages: 402
Dimensions: 0.99 x 8.63 x 6.51 IN
Publication Date: October 12, 2009
ISBN9780810868953
Author Allison Lee Palmer
PublisherScarecrow Press
GenreDesign, History, and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages402
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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