A Chronicle of Western Architectural Development—The Evolution of Western Architecture from Classicism to Neoclassicism

Author: Liu Hongrui
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book comprehensively introduces Western architecture before modernization. Geographically, it spans from North Africa to Northern Europe and from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Chronologically, it covers nearly five thousand years of history, from ancient Egypt and the Near East to the period before the Industrial Revolution. It includes architecture from the classical period (Egypt, the Near East, Greece, and Rome); the medieval period (early Christianity, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic architecture); the Renaissance period (Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque architecture); the historicist period (Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Historicism); and the initial impact of the Industrial Revolution on architecture. This book serves as a reference tool for students and professionals in architecture, urban planning, landscape design, and interior design to study and understand Western architecture. At the same time, it is also a basic guide for general readers to broaden their horizons through Western architecture.