Great buildings

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Profiles twenty of the world's greatest buildings, providing for each the story of its construction, a visual analysis, and an explanation of key architectural features, and offers a chronological history of architecture.

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Title Statements

Full title :Great buildings / [written by Philip Wilkinson].

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.
Edition:1st American ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):DK Pub
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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Includes index.

"The world's architectural masterpieces explored and explained."--Cover.

The Physical Object

Description:256 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 31 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0756698294, 9780756698294
oclc:ocn814360132
LC Classification:NA200
Dewey Decimal:720.9

2500 BCE-1100. Great Pyramid : Giza, Egypt -- The Parthenon : Athens, Greece -- Colosseum : Rome, Italy -- Pantheon : Rome, Italy -- Hagia Sophia : Istanbul, Turkey -- Temple of the Inscriptions : Palenque, Mexico -- Bulguksa Temple : Jinheon-Dong, South Korea -- Palatine Chapel : Aachen, Germany -- Borobudur : Magelang, Java, Indonesia.

1100-1500. Angkor Wat : Angkor, Cambodia -- Abbaye de Ste-Madeleine : Vézelay, France -- Krak des Chevaliers : Near Homs, Syria -- Borgund Stave Church : Lærdal, Norway -- Chartres Cathedral : Chartres, France -- Burghausen Castle : Burghausen, Germany -- Florence Cathedral : Florence, Italy -- Alhambra : Granada, Spain -- Doge's Palace : Venice, Italy -- Temple of Heaven : Beijing, China -- King's College Chapel : Cambridge, UK -- Ducal Palace : Urbino, Italy.

1500-1700. Belém Tower : Lisbon, Portugal -- Château de Chambord : Loire Valley, France -- St. Basil's Cathedral : Moscow, Russia -- Villa La Rotonda : Vicenza, Italy -- Himeji Castle : Himeji, Japan -- Masjid-i-Shah : Isfahan, Iran -- Taj Mahal : Agra, India -- Royal Palace : Amsterdam, Netherlands -- Palace of Versailles : Paris, France.

1700-1900. Melk Abbey : Melk, Austria -- Blenhei…

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