Isms: Understanding Architecture

FollowingTheSuccessOfIsms:UnderstandingArt,ThisEngagingAndInformativeGuideToTheSignificant"Isms"OfArchitecturalHistorySpansFromTheAncientGreeks,Romans,AndTheRenaissanceUpToThePresentDay.EachSpreadIsDevotedToADistinctArchitecturalMovementAndExplainsWhenItFirstEmerged,TheHistoricalPeriodToWhichItApplies,ThePrincipalDisputesOverItsApplicability,AndIllustratesImportantStructures,Practitioners,KeyWords,AndDistinctiveFeatures.FromHellenicClassicismAndExpressionismToBrutalismAndBlobism,WithManyStopsAlongTheWay,TheseSixtyWellIllustratedAndClearlyDefined"Isms"HelpPutAllOfThe"BuiltEnvironments"OfTheWorldIntoContext.