World Architecture Art Travel

Author: Liu Dan (Compiler)
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Features: This book is an accessible read that guides readers on a journey around the world, admiring the ancient, unique, and colorful architectural arts along the way. It has the following three features:
1. Telling stories with pictures: Images are the key expression of this book. The entire book selects over 600 exquisite and highly expressive architectural images to tell the stories of architecture, achieving the purpose of artistic appreciation, making it a comic book of architectural art.
2. Concise and lively text: The book uses approachable and easy-to-understand language to narrate the vivid stories brought out by each exquisite image, while also introducing the overall architectural characteristics and historical contexts of different regions and eras. Based on a comprehensive knowledge framework, it highlights the most engaging individual examples.
3. Divided into chapters and sections based on regional architectural features: The development of architecture around the world has its own characteristics. European ancient architecture has evolved with diverse styles over time, while Eastern ancient architecture has strong continuity, with little change over long periods. Therefore, the book is divided into two parts:
- The upper part introduces the various architectural styles and developments from ancient Greece and Rome to the classical and romanticism of the 18th century.
- The lower part selects the fascinating stories of ancient architecture from China, Japan, Egypt, India, the Mesopotamian region, and Islam.
This book is suitable for students and faculty in architecture schools, architects, and related professionals.