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Architecture : [electronic resource] the natural and the manmade / Vincent Scully.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 388 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0312062923 :
  • 9780312062927
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720 20
LOC classification:
  • NA2520 .S37 1991
Other classification:
  • 21.62
Online resources:
Contents:
America : the sacred mountain -- The sacred mountain in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Aegean -- The Greek Temple -- Olympia and the acropolis of Athens -- Hellenistic and Roman : the ideal world of interior space -- The Gothic cathedral : structure -- The Gothic cathedral : experience -- Italian urbanism : the town and the garden -- The French classic garden : the art of pourtraiture -- The shape of France : gardens, fortifications, and modern urbanism -- Palladio, the English garden, and the modern age.
Summary: A comprehensive study of architecture through the ages and it's relationship to the natural world.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

America : the sacred mountain -- The sacred mountain in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Aegean -- The Greek Temple -- Olympia and the acropolis of Athens -- Hellenistic and Roman : the ideal world of interior space -- The Gothic cathedral : structure -- The Gothic cathedral : experience -- Italian urbanism : the town and the garden -- The French classic garden : the art of pourtraiture -- The shape of France : gardens, fortifications, and modern urbanism -- Palladio, the English garden, and the modern age.

A comprehensive study of architecture through the ages and it's relationship to the natural world.

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