[PDF.12kc] A History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural and Technological Context

A History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural and Technological Context

[PDF.jg78] A History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural and Technological Context

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 | #235687 in Books |  UPNE |  2001-07-01 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.31 x.90 x7.49l,1.65 | File type: PDF | 368 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| This book is an excellent overview of the history of American architecture|By Courtney Stoll|This book is an excellent overview of the history of American architecture, while still remaining affordable. They kept the price down by keeping the images to a minimum and only to those that are in the public domain, so if you wanted a lot of color photos, this is not your book. But|From Library Journal|Gelernter (Univ. of Colorado, Denver) adds to the constellation of concise histories of American architecture while trying to refrain "from a traditional form of architectural writing that stressed connoisseurship." He is more successful wit

Why did the Victorians drape their buildings in elaborately ornate decoration? Why was the Arts and Crafts movement so popular with the American middle class at the end of the 19th century? Why did Modernism replace traditional architectural styles after World War II? Mark Gelernter provides fresh answers to questions like these, convincingly showing how buildings express powerful cultural forces.

Embodying deeply felt attitudes about fundamental issues, buildings...

You easily download any file type for your device.A History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural and Technological Context   |  Mark Gelernter. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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