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PrefaceChapter 1 Prehistory1.1 ARCHITECTURE as a SECOND NATURE: Sacred Caves and Primitive Huts 1.2 VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE: A Language of Mud, Logs, Hides, and Stones 1.3 MEGALITHS and STONE CIRCLES: Building as Memory Chapter 2 3000-1500 bce2.1 CITIES of MESOPOTAMIA: Mud, Gods, and Urbanism 2.2 OLD KINGDOM EGYPT: Architecture for the Afterlife 2.3 THE INDUS VALLEY: Cities without MonumentsChapter 3 1500-750 bce3.1 THE AEGEAN in the BRONZE AGE: Labyrinths and Cyclopean Walls 3.2 NEW KINGDOM EGYPT: Axial Temples and Colossal Statues 3.3 BIBLICAL JERUSALEM: Architecture and Memory Chapter 4 700-200 bce4.1 SOUTHWEST ASIA and ACHAEMENID PERSIA: A Cycle of Empires 4.2 THE GREEK CITY-STATE: Classical Architecture at the Acropolis and the Agora 4.3 MAURYAN INDIA: Emblems of Peace in Stone Chapter 5 200 bce-300 ce5.1 ANCIENT ROME: Governing through Architecture 5.2 ANCIENT CHINA: The Pivot of the Cosmos in Mud and Wood 5.3 ANCIENT MEXICO: Pyramids and Sacrifice Chapter 6 300-6006.1 EARLY CHRISTIAN ITALY: The Inward Orientation of the Church 6.2 BYZANTIUM: The Dome as an Act of Faith 6.3 GUPTA INDIA: Rock-Cut Arch
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WORLD ARCHITECTURE A Cross-Cultural History Second Edition RICHARD INGERSOLL New York Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © 2013, 2019 by Oxford University Press For titles covered by Section 112 of the US Higher Education Opportunity Act, please visit www.oup.com/us/he for the latest information about pricing and alternate formats. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of th
World architecture : a cross-cultural history
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Richard Ingersoll, Spiro Kostof.
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New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
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Ingersoll, Richard.
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CHAPTER 1. PREHISTORY
1.1 Architecture as a Second Nature: Sacred Caves and Primitive Huts
1.2 Vernacular Architecture: A Language of Mud, Logs, Hides, and Stones
1.3 Megaliths and Stone Circles: Building as Memory
CHAPTER 2. 3000-1500 BCE
2.1 Cities of Mesopotamia: Mud, Gods, and Urbanism
2.2 Old Kingdom Egypt: Architecture for the Afterlife
2.3 The Indus Valley: Cities without Monuments
CHAPTER 3. 1500-700 BCE
3.1 The Aegean in the Bronze Age: Labyrinths and Cyclopean Walls
3.2 New Kingdom Egypt: Axial Temples and Colossal Statues
3.3 Biblical Jerusalem: Architecture and Memory
CHAPTER 4. 700-200 BCE
4.1 Southwest Asia and Achaemenid Persia: A Cycle of Empires
4.2 The Greek City-State: Classical Architecture at the Acropolis and the Agora
4.3 Mauryan India: Emblems of Peace in Stone
CHAPTER 5. 200 BCE-300 CE
5.1 Ancient Rome: Governing through Architecture
5.2 Ancie
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Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 7
CHAPTER 1: Prehistory......Page 12
CHAPTER 2: 3000–1500 BCE......Page 45
CHAPTER 3: 1500–750 BCE......Page 79
CHAPTER 4: 700–200 BCE......Page 116
CHAPTER 5: 200 BCE–300 CE......Page 161
CHAPTER 6: 300–600......Page 206
CHAPTER 7: 600–800......Page 241
CHAPTER 8: 800–1200......Page 280
CHAPTER 9: 1200–1350......Page 330
CHAPTER 10: 1350–1500......Page 385
CHAPTER 11: 1500–1600......Page 440
CHAPTER 12: 1600–1700......Page 495
CHAPTER 13: 1700–1750......Page 553
CHAPTER 14: 1750–1800......Page 604
CHAPTER 15: 1800–1850......Page 650
CHAPTER 16: 1850–1890......Page 697
CHAPTER 17: 1890–1920......Page 753
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