The Eternal Present, Volume II: The Beginnings of Architecture (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts #6)
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- Synopsis
- An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from the acclaimed architectural historianIn The Beginnings of Architecture, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer. These early builders expressed an attitude of immense force when they confronted their structures with open sky. Giedion argues that it was during these periods that the problem of constancy and change flared up with an intensity unknown in any other period of history, and resolved eventually into the first architectural space conception, the automatic, psychic recording of the visual environment.
- Copyright:
- 1964
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 604 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780691251899
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780691099453, 9780691251882, 9780691018355
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/16/23
- Copyrighted By:
- BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, D. C.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.