Historical dictionary of architecture
By: Allison Lee Palmer
Series: Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts -- no. 29
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9780810862838
Subjects: Criticism; History; Architecture; ARCHITECTURE; Regional; Dictionaries; General
Description: Architecture, which can be understood in its most basic sense as a form of enclosure created with an aesthetic intent, first made its appearance in the Prehistoric Age. From its earliest developments, architecture changed over time and in different cultures in response to changing cultural needs, aesthetic interests, materials, and techniques. The Historical Dictionary of Architecture provides information on architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Tadao Ando, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, and Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, as well as on famous structures like the Ac.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Illustrations; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author.