Isms Understanding Architectural Styles
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Isms
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Author : Jeremy Melvin
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2005
Isms written by Jeremy Melvin and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architects categories.
"This book is a handy guide to architectural movements or 'isms' from classical times up to the present. [It] provides the ideal introduction to all the significant movements that have shaped the history of architecture. Each ism has a two-page spread on which there is an introduction to the ism which explains when the movement first emerged, the historical period to which it applies and the principel disputes over its applicability, usefulness or significance. Clear sections illustrate the most important practitioners and buildings within the period, related key words, and illustrations that best represent the distinctive features." -Inside front cover.
Isms Understanding Architectural Styles
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Author : Jeremy Melvin
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2006-02-21
Isms Understanding Architectural Styles written by Jeremy Melvin and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-21 with Architecture categories.
Following the success of Isms: Understanding Art, this engaging and informative guide to the significant "isms" of architectural history spans from the ancient Greeks, Romans, and the Renaissance up to the present day. Each spread is devoted to a distinct architectural movement and explains when it first emerged, the historical period to which it applies, the principal disputes over its applicability, and illustrates important structures, practitioners, key words, and distinctive features. From Hellenic Classicism and Expressionism to Brutalism and Blobism, with many stops along the way, these sixty well illustrated and clearly defined "isms" help put all of the "built environments" of the world into context.
Isms Understanding Architecture
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Author : Jeremy Melvin
language : en
Publisher: Herbert Press
Release Date : 2018-03
Isms Understanding Architecture written by Jeremy Melvin and has been published by Herbert Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03 with categories.
Understanding Architecture
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Author : Lindsay Mattinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-05-14
Understanding Architecture written by Lindsay Mattinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-14 with Architecture categories.
If you don't know your Baroque from your Rococo, or the difference between Art Nouveau and Art Deco, or where Modernism ends and Postmodernism begins, then don't fear, you're not alone. Understanding Architecture will reveal all. From the ancient world to the present day, from medieval Cambodian temples to Paris metro stations, from American shotgun shacks to colonial villas, fascist grandeur to the latest ecologically friendly structures, the book expertly guides the reader through the world's different architectural styles.
A Handbook Of Architectural Styles
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Author : Albert Rosengarten
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1927
A Handbook Of Architectural Styles written by Albert Rosengarten and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1927 with Architecture categories.
Isms
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Author : Mairi MacKenzie
language : en
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Release Date : 2010
Isms written by Mairi MacKenzie and has been published by Universe Publishing(NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Clothing and dress categories.
Traces the evolution of costume history and fashion through a series of interconnected trends and movements (a.k.a. "isms") from the Greco-Roman toga and the antebellum hoop skirt to the latest from the runway.
Film Isms
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Author : Ronald Bergan
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2011-03-15
Film Isms written by Ronald Bergan and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-15 with Performing Arts categories.
The perfect small-format, one-stop resource to appreciating and understanding films from Hollywood to Bollywood. Following the success of Isms: Understanding Art and Isms: Understanding Architectural Styles, this guide sorts the great classic films and directors according to the significant movements that have shaped the development of cinema. Beginning with the early silent era, it spans the entire range of movie history up to the present wave of indie films and the growing fascination with international cinema. Each spread is devoted to a distinct movement and explains when it first emerged, the principal directors, themes, and representative films, and is illustrated with film stills, posters, and photos. Important international cinematic breakthroughs are also highlighted, as well as the careers of international auteurs like Kurosawa, Fellini, and Almodóvar. From prewar Expressionism to twenty-first-century Dystopianism, Film Isms… offers an engaging, new way of understanding movie history.
An Illustrated History Of Architectural Styles
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Author : T. Roger Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
An Illustrated History Of Architectural Styles written by T. Roger Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Architecture categories.
Understanding Building Stones And Stone Buildings
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Author : John A. Hudson
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2019-04-24
Understanding Building Stones And Stone Buildings written by John A. Hudson and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-24 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book covers the wide spectrum of subjects relating to obtaining and using building stones, starting with their geological origin and then describing the nature of granites, volcanics, limestones, sandstones, flint, metamorphic stones, breccias and conglomerates, with emphasis being placed on how to recognise the different stones via the many illustrated examples from Great Britain and other countries. The life of a building stone is explained from its origin in the quarry, through its exposure to the elements when used for a building, to its eventual deterioration. The structure of stone buildings is then discussed, with explanations of the mechanics of pillars, lighthouses and walls, arches, bridges, buttresses and roof vaults, plus castles and cathedrals. The sequence of the historical architectural styles of stone buildings is explained—from the early days through to postmodern buildings. Special attention is paid to two famous architects: the Roman Vitruvius and the English Sir Christopher Wren who designed and supervised the construction of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. To demonstrate many of the concepts presented, two exemplary stone buildings are described in detail: the Albert Memorial in London and Durham Cathedral in northern England. The former building is interesting because it is comprised of a cornucopia of different building stones and the latter building because of its architecture and sandstone decay mechanisms. In the final Chapter, ruined stone buildings are discussed—the many reasons for their decay and the possibility of their ‘rebirth’ via digital recording of their geometry. The book has over 350 pages and is illustrated with more than 450 diagrams and colour photographs of both the various stones and the associated stone buildings. Readers’ knowledge of the subject will be greatly enhanced by these images and the related explanatory text. A wide-ranging references and bibliography section is also included.
How Architecture Works
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Author : Witold Rybczynski
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2013-10-08
How Architecture Works written by Witold Rybczynski and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-08 with Architecture categories.
An essential toolkit for understanding architecture as both art form and the setting for our everyday lives We spend most of our days and nights in buildings, living and working and sometimes playing. Buildings often overawe us with their beauty. Architecture is both setting for our everyday lives and public art form—but it remains mysterious to most of us. In How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski, one of our best, most stylish critics and winner of the Vincent Scully Prize for his architectural writing, answers our most fundamental questions about how good—and not-so-good—buildings are designed and constructed. Introducing the reader to the rich and varied world of modern architecture, he takes us behind the scenes, revealing how architects as different as Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, and Robert A. M. Stern envision and create their designs. He teaches us how to "read" plans, how buildings respond to their settings, and how the smallest detail—of a stair balustrade, for instance—can convey an architect's vision. Ranging widely from a war memorial in London to an opera house in St. Petersburg, from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., to a famous architect's private retreat in downtown Princeton, How Architecture Works, explains the central elements that make up good building design. It is an enlightening humanist's toolkit for thinking about the built environment and seeing it afresh. "Architecture, if it is any good, speaks to all of us," Rybczynski writes. This revelatory book is his grand tour of architecture today.