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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Rybczynski, Witold (1943-....)
Titre(s) : The story of architecture [Texte imprimé] / Witold Rybczynski
Publication : New Haven : Yale University Press, 2022
Description matérielle : xi, 348 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-338) and index
In this sweeping history, from the Stone Age to the present day, Witold Rybczynski
shows how architectural ideals have been affected by technological, economic, and
social changes-and by changes in taste. The host of examples ranges from places of
worship such as Hagia Sophia and Brunelleschi's Duomo to living spaces such as the
Katsura Imperial Villa and the Alhambra, national icons such as the Lincoln Memorial
and the Sydney Opera House, and skyscrapers such as the Seagram Building and Beijing's
CCTV headquarters. Rybczynski's narrative emphasizes the ways that buildings across
time and space are united by the human desire for order, meaning, and beauty. Engaging
and accessible, this is a coherent story of architecture's physical manifestation
of the universal aspiration to celebrate, honor, and commemorate, and an exploration
of the ways that each building is a unique product of individual patrons, architects,
and builders. Firm in opinion, even-handed, and rooted in scholarship, this book will
delight anyone interested in understanding the buildings they use, visit, and pass
by each day
Sujet(s) : Architecture -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
720.9 (23e éd.) = Architecture - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300246063. - ISBN 0300246064 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47165639r
Notice n° :
FRBNF47165639
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The ancients -- ; Middle ages -- ; A reimagined world -- ; The first moderns -- ;
New building -- ; After modernism.
