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Munich, Prestel Publishing, 2012.
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| Description |
63pTeal Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Filled with colourful architectural drawings and engaging texts, this history of architecture for children is a great way to introduce young readers to the subject. Children will be utterly absorbed by this journey through the history of architecture, from the earliest mud huts to today's soaring towers.
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| Contents |
From caves to houses: The first human architecture
The majesty of the pyramids - Great Pyramid of Giza
How Greek antiquity worked - Parthenon
Roman engineering Greek style - Colosseum
Christian and antique: Byzantine mystique - Hagia Sophia
Massive and round: Romanesque - Speyer Cathedral
Castles The architecture of war - Eltz Castle
A toast to the Gothic cathedrall - Cathedral of Chartres
The Renaissance rediscovers the past - La Rotonda
A sigh in stone - Taj Mahal
The beautiful, bulging Baroque - Palace of Versailles
Neoclassicism: Nothing more than the ancient classics! - Schauspielhaus
Gothic Revival: The latest trend from yesteryear - Westminster Palace
Practical and beautiful: Industrial buildings - Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower
Art Nouveau: Plants made of stone - Sagrada Familia
Art Deco: Graceful, soaring, and luxurious - Chrysler Building
The Bauhaus: Open, functional, and practical
A chapel and the beginnings of Brutalism - Ronchamp chapel
Art in a snail's shell - Guggenheim Museum
Spaceship architecture - Sydney Opera
Sprouting architecture - Forest Spiral
Deconstructivism: A big word for a crazy style! - Bilbao Guggenheim Museum
Dynamic architecture for swift athletes - Bird's nest
Creating blobitecture - Kunsthaus Graz
Contents note continued: Eco-architects, flood houses, and vertical gardens
Architecture in fast forward
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| Standard Number |
9783791371139 Hb.
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