A global history of architecture / / Francis D.K. Ching, Mark Jarzombek, Vikramaditya Prakash

• Autore: Ching Francis D. K. <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2017; 2017
• Edizione: Third edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 720.9
• Soggetto topico: Architecture - History
• Persona (resp. second.): JarzombekMark; PrakashVikramaditya
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- A Global History of Architecture -- Contents -- Preface -- 3500 bce -- Ritual Centers -- Beginnings of China's Civilizations -- Niuheliang Ritual Center -- Mehrgarh and Early Indus Settlements -- The Village Networks of Mesopotamia and the Balkans -- Catal Hüyük -- Tell es-Sawwan -- Eridu and Uruk -- Pre- and Early Dynastic Egypt -- European Developments -- Newgrange -- Carnac -- 2500 bce -- The Indus Ghaggar-Hakra Civilization -- Mohenjo-Daro -- Margiana -- Early Empires of Mesopotamia -- Ziggurat at Ur -- Egypt: The Old Kingdom -- Pyramids at Giza -- Valley Temple of Khafre -- Architecture and Food -- Stonehenge -- Megalithic Temples of Malta -- The First Civilizations of South America -- Caral -- 1500 bce -- The Minoans and Knossos -- Egypt: The New Kingdom -- Waset (Thebes) -- Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut -- Temple of Luxor -- Abu Simbel -- Egyptian Columns -- Egyptian Design Methods -- Hittite Empire -- Hattusas -- Mycenaean Civilization -- Treasury of Atreus -- Poverty Point -- Shang Dynasty, China -- Civilization of the High Andes -- 800 bce -- The Olmecs -- San Lorenzo and La Venta -- Chavín de Huántar -- The Iron Age -- The Etruscans -- Etruscan Religion -- Etruscan Temples -- Greece: The Geometric Period -- Emergence of the Greek Temple Form -- Temple of Poseidon -- Kingdom of Kush -- Saba/Sa'abia -- Temple of Solomon -- Zhou Dynasty, China -- The Ritual Complex -- The Aryan Invasion and Varanasi -- Neo-Assyrian Empire -- Babylon -- 400 bce -- The Achaemenid Empire -- Pasargadae and Persepolis -- Greece and the Mediterranean -- The Greek Temple -- Athens -- The Parthenon -- Erechtheum -- Ionic Order -- Telesterion at Eleusis -- Delphi -- Temple of Apollo at Delphi -- The Hellenistic Age -- Delos -- Priene -- Pergamon -- Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos -- Temple of Apollo at Didyma -- Ptolemies -- Temple of Horus.; Mauryan Dynasty and Early Buddhism -- Barabar Hills Caves -- China: The Warring States Period -- Xianyang Palace -- Tomb of Zeng Hou Yi -- 0 -- The Founding of Rome -- Temple of Fortuna at Praeneste -- The Roman Urban Villa -- Republican Tombs -- Bibracte -- Augustan Rome -- Forum of Augustus -- Tholoi Tombs -- Vitruvius -- Corinthian Capitals -- Post-Augustan Rome -- Palace of Domitian -- The Colosseum -- The Imperial Forums -- Rock-Cut Tombs -- Petra -- Northern Palace at Masada -- Taxila: The Gandharan Cosmopolis -- Qin Dynasty, China -- Tomb of the First Emperor -- Great Wall of China -- Development of Mahayana Buddhism -- Sanchi Complex -- Abhayagiri Vihara -- Junnar Caves -- The Maya -- Shaft Tombs of Teuchitlán -- Nakbe -- El Mirador -- 200 ce -- Roman Empire -- Ephesus -- Miletus -- The Roman Theater -- The Pantheon -- Hadrian's Villa -- Roman Vertical Surface -- Roman Baths -- Diocletian's Palace -- Baalbek -- The Parthian Empire -- Aksum -- Amaravati Stupa -- Caitya Hall at Karli -- Anuradhapura -- Han Dynasty China -- Mingtang-Biyong Ritual Complex -- Teotihuacán -- Temple of the Feathered Serpent -- Moche and Nazca Civilizations -- Nazca Lines -- North Amazon Societies -- Ohio's Hopewell Mounds -- 400 ce -- Ajanta Caves -- Establishment of Chinese and Central Asian Buddhism -- Mogao Caves -- Yungang Caves -- Kushans of Bamiyan -- The Sassanian Empire -- Zoroastrian Fire Temples -- Hindu Renaissance -- Mahabodhi Temple -- Sigiriya -- The Pyu, Mon, and Funan -- Emergence of Christianity -- Martyria -- St. Peter's in Rome -- First Baptisteries -- Post-Constantinian Age -- Tomb of Theodoric the Great -- Kofun Period: Japan -- Zapotecs of Oaxaca -- Monte Albán -- 600 ce -- Age of Justinian -- Hagia Sophia -- Byzantine Capitals -- Armenian Architecture -- St. Hripsime -- Zvartnots Cathedral -- Vishnu Deogarh and Elephanta -- The Five Rathas.; Shore Temple at Mamallapuram -- Southeast Asia -- My Son -- Sui and T'ang Dynasties -- Daxing (Chang'an) -- Daming Palace -- Songyue Temple Ta -- Nara Period: Japan -- Ise Jingu -- Horyu-ji -- 800 ce -- Rise of Islam -- Umayyad Mosque -- Baghdad -- Great Mosque of Samarra -- Great Mosque of Córdoba -- Dome of the Rock -- Mahaviharas at Nalanda -- Rajasimhesvara and Virupaksha Temples -- Kailasnath at Ellora -- Samye, Tibet -- Indonesia at a Crossroads -- Borobudur -- Hindu Kingdoms of Cambodia -- Hariharalaya -- Mahendraparvata (Mt. Meru) -- Siem Reap (Ganges River) -- Indratataka (Sea of Indra) -- Bakong -- Korean Buddhism -- Foguang Monastery -- Europe and the Carolingians -- Plan of St. Gall -- St. Riquier -- Palatine Chapel -- Tikal -- Mayan City-States -- Copán -- Tiwanaku -- Quirigua -- Guayabo -- 1000 ce -- Mayan Uxmal -- Cahokia -- Serpent Mound -- Pueblo Bonito -- Seljuk Turks -- Sultan Han -- Great Mosque of Isfahan -- First Madrasas -- Muqarnas -- The Fatimids -- Rise of the Rajput Kingdoms -- Rani-ni-Vav at Patan -- Sun Temple at Modhera -- Chandellas -- Khandariya Mahadeva Temple -- Tantrism -- Vastu-Shastras -- Orissa and Lingaraja Temple -- Jains -- Jain Temples at Mt. Abu -- Cholamandalam -- Dakshinameru (Rajarajeshwara Temple) -- Polonnaruwa -- Song Dynasty China -- Sage Mother Hall -- The Iron Pagoda -- Liao Dynasty -- Mu-ta -- Dulesi Monastery -- Pure Land Buddhism -- Byzantine Revival -- Kievan Russia -- Armenia -- Sanahin Complex -- Ottonian Germany -- Speyer Cathedral -- The Normans -- Durham Cathedral -- Canterbury Cathedral -- Cefalù Cathedral -- Pilgrimage Churches -- Tuscany -- Cathedral of Pisa -- Baptistery of Parma -- 1200 ce -- Vrah Vishnulok (Angkor Wat) -- Angkor Thom and Preah Khan -- Kingdom of Pagan -- Sanju-sangen-do -- Itsukushima Shrine -- Southern Song Dynasty -- Yingzhao Fashi -- Mongol Empire.; Yuan Dynasty China -- Delhi -- Tughlaqabad -- Quwwat-ul-Islam -- Africa -- Mamluk Sultanate -- Lalibela -- Great Zimbabwe -- Mosques of Mali -- Fontenay Abbey -- Medieval Scandinavia -- Europe: The High Middle Ages -- Cathedral Design -- Amiens and Bourges Cathedrals -- Notre-Dame of Reims -- Exeter Cathedral -- Italian Town Halls -- Siena -- Mendicant Orders -- Nasrid Sultanate and the Alhambra -- Toltec Empire -- Chichén Itzá -- 1400 ce -- The Americas -- Hopis -- New England Societies -- Tenochtitlán -- Incas -- Machu Picchu -- Republic of Venice -- Ottoman Empire -- Beyazit Medical Complex -- Topkapi Palace -- Italian Renaissance -- Cathedral of Florence -- Florentine Loggias -- San Lorenzo -- Medici Palace -- Rucellai Palace -- Sant'Andrea at Mantua -- Villa Medici -- Tempietto of San Pietro -- French Châteaux -- Mamluk Sultanate -- Mausoleum Complex of Sultan Qaitbay -- Timurid Dynasty -- Deccan Sultanates -- Pandua -- Jami Masjid of Ahmedabad -- Friday Mosque of Gulbarga -- Ming Dynasty China -- Forbidden City -- Mt. Wudang -- Temple of Heaven -- Dabao-en Temple, or the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing -- Joseon Dynasty -- Muromachi Japan -- Kinkakuji -- Ginkakuji -- Ayutthaya -- 1600 ce -- Architecture of the Eurasian Power Bloc -- Tokugawa Shogunate -- Nikko Toshogu -- Nijo-jo -- Katsura Rikyu (Katsura Imperial Villa) -- Ming Tombs -- Potala Palace -- Voyages of Zheng He -- Mughals -- Humayun's Tomb -- Fatehpur Sikri -- Buland Darwaza -- Diwan-i-Khas -- Rauza-I-Munavvara (Taj Mahal) -- Vijaynagara -- Bijapur -- Isfahan -- Suleymaniye Complex -- Kremlin's New Churches -- Church of the Ascension -- Dogon of Mali -- Palladio -- Villa Rotonda -- Baroque Italy -- Campidoglio -- St. Peter's Basilica -- Sant'Andrea al Quirinale -- Il Gesù -- Spanish Invasion of America -- Atrios -- Colonial Forts -- Amsterdam -- Amsterdam Town Hall -- Place Royale.; Elizabethan England -- Banqueting House -- Church of Santo Domingo -- Ryoanji -- 1700 ce -- Colonialism -- Haciendas -- New European Colonial Urban Culture -- The Louvre and the Hôtel -- Château de Versailles -- St. Petersburg -- Rationalization and the Age of Reason -- Observatoire de Paris -- Hôtel des Invalides -- Johann Balthasar Neumann and the New Neresheim -- China and the European Enlightenment -- The Gongyuan and the Jinshi -- Stowe Gardens and The Temple of British Worthies -- Sans Souci -- Qing Beijing -- Beihai -- Yuanmingyuan -- Joseon Dynasty of Korea -- Mallas of Nepal -- Kyoto's Odoi and Shimabara -- Edo (Tokyo) -- Nayaks of Madurai -- Jaipur -- Nurosmaniye Mosque, Istanbul -- The Anglican Church -- St. Mary Woolnoth -- Whigs and the Palladian Revival -- Touro Synagogue, Newport -- Shirley Plantation, Virginia -- 1800 ce -- Tash-Khovli -- Jaipur and the End of the Mughal Empire -- Darbar Sahib -- Wat Pra Kaew -- Neoclassicim vs. Romanticism -- Laugier, Rousseau, and the Noble Savage -- St. Geneviève -- Ledoux and Boullée -- Napoleonic Cemeteries -- Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand -- Jeffersonian Neoclassicism -- Monticello -- Washington, DC -- Nationalism -- Altes Museum -- Colonial Calcutta:The Esplanade -- Writers' Building -- St. John's Church -- Government House -- Greek Revival -- Tennessee State Capitol -- Metcalfe Hall -- Industrial Revolution -- Albert Dock -- Panoptic Prisons -- Workhouses -- Shakers -- August Welby Pugin and the English Parliament Building -- Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc -- Architectural Preservation -- Bibliothèque Ste.-Geneviève -- Kanamaru-za -- Qianlong's Universal Vision -- Chengde -- Qingyi Garden -- Synagogues -- 1900 ce -- Public Sector Architecture -- London Law Courts -- Railroad Stations -- The Athenaeum -- National Museums -- World's Fairs -- Global Arts and Crafts Movement.
• Sommario/riassunto: "A Global History of Architecture, Third Edition has been updated and revised throughout to reflect current scholarship, including an expanded section on contemporary global architecture. Spanning from 3,500 b.c.e. to the present, this unique guide is written by an all-star team of architectural experts in their fields who emphasize the connections, contrasts, and influences of architectural movements throughout history"--
• Titolo autorizzato: A global history of architecture
• ISBN: 1-118-98161-8; 1-118-98160-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807602003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II