The Story of Architecture

Origins -- Barbaric Splendour: The First Civilizations, 4000 Bc To Fourth Century Ad -- The Geometry Of Immortality: Ancient Egypt, 3200 Bc To First Century Ad -- The Holy Mountain And The Sacred Womb: Southern Asia, 2500 Bc To Eighteenth Century Ad -- Puzzles And Modules: China And Japan, Third Century Bc To Twentieth Century Ad -- Ritual Of Blood: Pre-hispanic America, 1200 Bc To Sixteenth Century Ad -- The Landscape Of The Gods, Ancient Greece, Fifth Century Bc To The First Century Ad -- The Authority Of Competence: Rome, Fourth Century Bc To Fifth Century Ad -- The Worshipping Community: Early Christian And Byzantine, Fourth To Fifteenth Century -- The Order And The Sanctuary: Romanesque, Ninth To Twelfth Century -- The Flowering Of The Desert: Islam, Seventh To Twentieth Century The Metaphysics Of Light: Gothic, Twelfth To Sixteenth Century -- The Scale Of Human Perfection: Renaissance Italy, Fifteenth To Sixteenth Century -- Urbanity Crosses The Alps: Spread Of The Renaissance, Fifteenth To Seventeenth Century -- Drama: Baroque And Rococo, Seventeenth To Eighteenth Century -- The Prophets Of Elegance: Romantic Classicism, Eighteenth To Nineteenth Century -- How The Pioneers Became Self-reliant: Americas And Beyond, Seventeenth To Eighteenth Century -- The Rise Of The Iron Masters: The Search For A Style, Nineteenth Century To 1914 -- Expectancy: The Turn Of The Century, C.1870 To 1920 -- Function And Anonymity: The International Style, C.1918 To 1970 -- Many Directions: The Pluralistic World Of Personalism And Technology, The Present Day. Patrick Nuttgens. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.