A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals
When the late Spiro Kostof's A History of Architecture appeared in 1985, it was universally hailed as a masterpiece--one of the finest books on architecture ever written. Now, updated and expanded, this classic reference continues to bring to readers the full array of civilization's architectural achievements. \ Insightful, engagingly written and graced with close to a thousand superb illustrations, the Second Edition of this extraordinary volume offers a sweeping narrative that examines...
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When the late Spiro Kostof's A History of Architecture appeared in 1985, it was universally hailed as a masterpiece—one of the finest books on architecture ever written. Now, updated and expanded, this classic reference continues to bring to readers the full array of civilization's architectural achievements. Insightful, engagingly written and graced with close to a thousand superb illustrations, the Second Edition of this extraordinary volume offers a sweeping narrative that examines architecture as it reflects the social, economic, and technological aspects of human history. The scope of the book is astonishing. Kostof examines a surprisingly wide variety of man-made structures: prehistoric huts and the TVA, the pyramids of Giza and the Rome railway station, the ziggurat and the department store. Kostof considered every building worthy of attention, every structure a potential source of insight, whether it be prehistoric hunting camps at Terra Amata, or the caves at Lascaux with their magnificent paintings, or a twenty-story hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.
1The Study of What We Built32The Cave and the Sky: Stone Age Europe213The Rise of the City: Architecture in Western Asia434The Architecture of Ancient Egypt675Bronze Age Cities: The Aegean and Asia Minor916The Greek Temple and "Barbarian" Alternatives1157Polis and Akropolis1378The Hellenistic Realm1619Rome: Caput Mundi19110The World at Large: Roman Concurrences21711The Triumph of Christ24512The Mediterranean in the Early Middle Ages26913The Birth of Nations: Europe After Charles29514The French Manner32315The Urbanization of Europe, 1100-130034916Edges of Medievalism37517The Renaissance: Ideal and Fad40318Spain and the New World43319Istanbul and Venice45320The Popes as Planners: Rome, 1450-165048521Absolutism and Bourgeoisie: European Architecture, 1600-175051122Architecture for a New World54723Architectural Art and the Landscape of Industry, 1800-185057124The American Experience60525Victorian Environments63526The Trials of Modernism66927Architecture and the State: Interwar Years69528The Ends of Modernism72129Designing the Fin-De-Siecle745
\ From the PublisherPraise for the previous edition:\ "A magnificent guided tour through mankind's architecture....This splendid book is that rara avis, a treat for any reader and a first-rate textbook on the subject."--The New York Times Book Review\ \ \
