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Cover: 9780813349039 | Understanding Architecture | Its Elements, History, and Meaning | Roth

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"A versatile main text that works well for both general humanities courses and more advanced classes in architectural history."
Dr. David Seamon, Professor of Architecture, Kansas State University
"Powerful and Moving."
Judith Cushman-Hammer, Appalachian State University
This widely acclaimed, beautifully illustrated survey of Western architecture is now fully revised throughout, including essays on non-Western traditions. The expanded book vividly examines the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture in ways that are both accessible and engaging.
Significant features of the third edition include:

Increased global coverage, with new essays on Africa, Japan, China, India, Islamic architecture, and the architecture of the Americas.
A new chapter covering twenty-first century architecture.
Updated coverage of sustainable and green architecture and its impact on design.
Revised historical survey and expanded and illustrated timeline.
Thoroughly revised and expanded art program, including more than 650 black and white images135 new to this edition, and more than 200 line art drawings created by author Leland Roth. A new 32-page, full color insert features more than 50 new color images.

Understanding Architecture continues to be the only text in the field to examine architecture as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement with its straightforward, two-part structure: The Elements of Architecture and The History and Meaning of Architecture. Comprehensive and clearly written, Understanding Architecture is a classic survey of architecture.
Leland M. Roth is Marion Dean Ross Professor of Architectural History Emeritus at the University of Oregon at Eugene. Dr. Roth is the author of American Architecture: A History (Westview Press), McKim, Mead & White, and other works.
Amanda C. Roth Clarkreceived her Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Alabama, completing her doctoral work on the topic of contemporary artists' books. She holds Master and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Oregon in the fields of Western architectural history and Asian art. She is the daughter of Leland M. Roth."

Increased global coverage, with new essays on Africa, Japan, China, India, Islamic architecture, and the architecture of the Americas.
A new chapter covering twenty-first century architecture.
Updated coverage of sustainable and green architecture and its impact on design.
Revised historical survey and expanded and illustrated timeline.
Thoroughly revised and expanded art program, including more than 650 black and white images135 new to this edition, and more than 200 line art drawings created by author Leland Roth. A new 32-page, full color insert features more than 50 new color images.

Über den Autor

Roth, Leland M. | Clark, Amanda C. Roth

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I -- The Elements of Architecture -- 1 Architecture: The Art of Shaping of Space -- 2 "Commoditie": Building Functions -- 3 "Firmeness": Structure, or How Does the Building Stand Up? -- 4 "Delight": Seeing Architecture -- 5 Architecture and Sound -- 6 Architecture: Part of the Natural Environment -- 7 The Architect: From High Priest to Profession -- 8 Architecture, Memory, and Economics -- Part II -- The History and Meaning of Architecture -- 9 The Beginnings of Architecture: From Caves to Cities -- 10 The Architecture of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt -- 11 Greek Architecture -- 12 Roman Architecture -- 13 Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture -- 14 Medieval Architecture -- 15 Renaissance Architecture -- 16 Baroque and Rococo Architecture -- 17 The Origins of Modernism: Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment, 1720-1790 -- 18 The Roots of Modernism: The Nineteenth Century -- 19 Versions of Modern Architecture, 1914-1970 -- 20 The Expansion of Modernism: From the Twentieth Century into the Twenty-First -- 21 Into the Twenty-First Century -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Architektur
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	816
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780813349039
ISBN-10:	0813349036
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Clark, Amanda C. Roth Roth, Leland M.
Hersteller:	Taylor & Francis Inc
Maße:	254 x 179 x 43 mm
Von/Mit:	Amanda C. Roth Clark (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.12.2013
Gewicht:	1,676 kg

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