A World History of Architecture, 2nd edt

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Updated with expanded coverage of non-western architecture, this new edition uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture as well as architecture from the Middle East, Africa, Central and South America, India, Russia, China and Japan. Written in clear and engaging style, the text encourages readers to examine the pragmatic, innovative and aesthetic attributes of buildings. Artistic, economic, environmental, political, social and technological contexts are discussed. The global reach of the text is matched by a rich assortment of photographs from around the world and a greater array of detailed line drawings than in any architectural survey. The authors have created a formidable body of work that ranges over much of the world's architectural heritage and testifies to some of the world's greatest achievements of the human spirit.

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"There are any number of architectural survey texts but this is the most comprehensive and pleasing of them all" Perspective "An excellent primer" Sunday Times "Takes on Banister Fletcher on his own ground and beats him hollow with a combination of lucid, well informed text and pictures... the images make browsing a pleasure... if I were teaching a survey course of architectural history, I would choose this as the course book" Art Quarterly"

Author Bio

Michael Fazio is emeritus professor of architecture at Mississippi State University. The late Marian Moffett taught architectural history at the University of Tennessee. Her publications include A History of Western Architecture (1989), with Lawrence Wodehouse. Lawrence Wodehouse, also deceased, taught architectural history at the University of Dundee and various American universities. His many books included British Architects, 1840 to 1976 (1978) and White of McKim, Mead, and White