A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals
by Kostof, Spiro
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- Condition
- Very nice, clean and tight but with light wear to covers;
- ISBN 10
- 0195034732
- ISBN 13
- 9780195034738
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About This Item
Oxford: OUP, 1985. Softcover. Very nice, clean and tight but with light wear to covers;. White pictorial wraps; 788 pp. with bw illustrations throughout, numbered by chapter;. In the conviction that "everything built is worth studying" - the standard as well as the exceptional - Spiro Kostof has written a wide-ranging history of architecture and urbanism from Stone Age antiquity to postmodernism. Taking form to be an envelope of meaning, he examines the physical and cultural contexts of buildings, their decorative programs, the aims of their patrons, the settings in which they existed, and the activities for which they were intended." Covers Stone Age antiquity to Post-Modernism. Includes over 1000 illustrations, including 150 drawings done especially for this book. Quite a reference.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 118251
- Title
- A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals
- Author
- Kostof, Spiro
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very nice, clean and tight but with light wear to covers;
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0195034732
- ISBN 13
- 9780195034738
- Publisher
- OUP
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- European Architecture; Spiro Kostof; American Architecture; World Architecture ; History of Architecture ; ;
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