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Architecture History, Theory and Preservation : Prehistory to the Middle Ages

Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsement -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Owning the Unknown -- From the Dawn of Time to the Ages in the Middle -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 1 A Fixed Place Under the Sky: The Invention of...

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Main Author: Pabón-Charneco, Arleen (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group , 2020
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6375109
E-Book Packages:ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection
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Summary:Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsement -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Owning the Unknown -- From the Dawn of Time to the Ages in the Middle -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 1 A Fixed Place Under the Sky: The Invention of Architecture -- Grasping the Shadow: Theoretical Considerations -- Preserving Prehistory -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 2 Out of the Cave: Neolithic Architecture -- Earthwork Architecture -- Megalithic Architecture -- The Urban Center -- Theoretical Considerations -- Conservation Treatments -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 3 Rivers of Culture: Mesopotamian and Egyptian Architecture -- Mesopotamian Architecture -- Egyptian Architecture -- Theoretical Considerations -- Conservation Considerations -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 4 When the Gods Were Human: Minoan and Mycenaean Architecture -- Minoan Architecture -- Mycenaean Architecture -- Theoretical Considerations -- Conservation Reflections -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 5 Frogs Around a Pond: Architecture in Ancient Greece -- The Architectural Orders -- Acropolis, Temenos and Agora -- The Temple -- Architectural Periods -- The City -- Theoretical Considerations -- Conservation Considerations -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 6 In the Tuscan Manner: Etruscan Architecture -- The Urban Defense -- The Etruscan Temple -- Funeral Architecture -- The Tuscan Architectural Order -- Theoretical Considerations -- Preserving Etruscan Architecture -- Note -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 7 As Many Stars as in the Sky: Roman Architecture -- Urban Principles -- The Construction Basics -- The Architectural Orders -- Roman Architecture -- Theoretical Considerations -- Preserving Roman Architecture -- Notes -- Selected Sources.
Chapter 8 One True Faith: Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Shinto Architecture -- Buddhist Architecture -- Early Christian Architecture -- Byzantine Architecture -- Islamic Architecture -- Shinto Architecture -- Theoretical Considerations -- Conservation Considerations -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 9 The Ages in the Middle: Early Medieval and Romanesque Architecture -- Early Medieval Architecture -- Romanesque Architecture -- Theoretical Considerations -- Preserving Medieval Architecture -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 10 A Strange Region of the Universe: Gothic Architecture -- The Early Gothic Period -- The High Gothic Period -- The Rayonnant Gothic Period -- The Gothic as an International Style -- Theoretical Considerations -- Preserving Medieval Architecture -- Note -- Selected Sources -- Chapter 11 Where Freedom Dwells: The City Revisited -- Medieval Cities -- The Medieval City Morphology -- The University -- Theoretical Considerations -- Preserving Cities -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Index.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (397 pages)
ISBN:9780429805806