Architectural Details: A Visual Guide to 5000 Years of Building Styles

by Emily Cole

Do you know a Doric column when you see one? Of course. But what about an entablature, a hypostyle, a pylon, or a pagoda? Architectural Details uses beautifully engraved plates from the great works of architectural history to illustrate a show-and-tell journey round the architecture of civilizations east and west, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution. Most of the drawings and engravings have been taken from early sources, unparalleled for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782401695
• ISBN13: 9781782401698
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Ivy Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 9.2"