A Dictionary of Architecture

A Dictionary of Architecture
ISBN-10
0879510404
ISBN-13
9780879510404
Category
Fiction / General
Pages
556
Language
English
Published
1966
Publisher
Overlook Press
Authors
Nikolaus Pevsner, John Fleming, Hugh Honour

Description

A profusely illustrated reference-guide that describes, catalogs, and explicates the terms, styles, movements, types, materials, methods, specific achievements, and leading practitioners of world architecture throughout history

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