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Now in its fourth edition, this classic bestselling book has been updated with brand new chapters and hand-drawn illustrations. Using a highly accessible approach, the author takes history rather than aesthetics as his starting point. Risebero unfolds and explains the development of architecture in the Western world by examining the subject as an expression of social and economic conditions. explores not only the buildings constructed, but also how they were built, by whom and for what purpose. This informative book, brought to life through the author's expressive line drawings, is an essential guide to how buildings have evolved through time for keen amateurs and experts alike.
Table des matières
Introduction and Acknowledgements
1. The Urban Revolution: Prehistory to the 3rd century BC
2. The Coming of the Christian Era: 2nd century BC to 5th century AD
3. Feudal Europe: 6th to 10th centuries
4. Rebuilding the Faith: 11th and 12th centuries
5. The City Reborn: 12th and 13th centuries
6. Capitalist Renaissance: 14th and 15th centuries
7. Enlightenment: 16th and 17th centuries
8. The Dual Revolution: 18th century
9. The Age of Iron: Early 19th century
10. Victorian Values: 1850 to 1914
11. The Heroic Age of Modernism: 1914 to 1945
12. Welfare Capitalism: 1945 to 1973
13. After Modernism: 1973 to now
Select Bibliography
Index
A propos de l'auteur
Bill Risebero is an architect and town planner who since 1988 has taught architecture, design and urban regeneration at a number of British and American universities. He has also written two other books on architecture: Modern Architecture and Design, and Fantastic Form.
Résumé
Now in its fourth edition, this classic bestselling book has been updated with brand new chapters and hand-drawn illustrations. Using a highly accessible approach, the author takes history rather than aesthetics as his starting point. Risebero unfolds and explains the development of architecture in the Western world by examining the subject as an expression of social and economic conditions.
The Story of Western Architecture explores not only the buildings constructed, but also how they were built, by whom and for what purpose. This informative book, brought to life through the author's expressive line drawings, is an essential guide to how buildings have evolved through time for keen amateurs and experts alike.
Préface
This classic bestselling book details the development of Western architecture through the centuries. This fourth edition brings the text up to date with new illustrations and chapters.
