02574 a2200361 4500 OSt 20180116192333.0 120308t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2005033488 0813390451 (alk. paper) 9780813390451 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)62322422 (OCoLC)ocm62322422 0 720 Roth, Leland M. 583 Understanding architecture : its elements, history, and meaning / Leland M. Roth. 2nd ed. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2007. xxxvi, 652 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 24 cm. Includes index Introduction : Architecture, the unavoidable art -- Part I. The elements of architecture : 1. "Commoditie": How does the building function? -- 2. "Firmness": Structure, or How does the building stand up? -- 3. "Delight": Space in architecture -- 4. "Delight": Seeing architecture -- 5. "Delight": Architectural acoustics, shape, and sound -- 6. The architect: from high priest to profession -- 7. Architecture: Part of the natural environment -- 8. Architecture, memory, and economics -- Chronological table -- Part II. The history and meaning of architecture : 9. The beginnings of architecture: from caves to cities -- 10. The architecture of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt -- 11. Greek architecture -- 12. Roman architecture -- 13. Early Christian and Byzantine architecture -- 14. Medieval architecture -- 15. Renaissance architecture -- 16. Baroque and Rococo architecture -- 17. The origins of modernism: architecture in the age of enlightenment, 1720-1790 -- 18. The development of modernism: the nineteenth century -- 19. Versions of modern architecture, 1914-1970 -- 20. Late-twentieth-century architecture: postmodernism. Architecture. 584 Architecture History. 585 Buildings architecture 586 Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005033488.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2005033488-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2005033488-d.html SADA BK 720 ROT 2007 ddc 352378 352378 0 0 ddc 0 0 SADA SADA 2010-09-29 7 1 720 ROT 2007 SADA0000256 2024-12-31 2024-10-21 01 5093.00 2011-08-05 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 SADA SADA 2011-04-19 7 5 720 ROT 2007 SADA0001006 2024-11-29 2024-10-30 02 4300.00 2011-08-05 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 SADA SADA 2011-04-19 9 5 720 ROT 2007 SADA0001007 2025-06-03 2024-11-22 03 4300.00 2011-08-05 BK