TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fletcher,Margaret
AU  - Polley,Robbie
TI  - Architectural styles: a visual guide 
SN  - 9780500343647
AV  - NA204 .F59 2020 
U1  - 720 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Themes, motives
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Details
KW  - Thèmes, motifs
KW  - Ouvrages illustrés
KW  - Guides, manuels, etc
KW  - Détails
KW  - Histoire
KW  - fast
KW  - Handbook
KW  - illustrated books
KW  - aat
KW  - illustrations (layout features)
KW  - Pictures
KW  - Illustrated works
KW  - Handbooks and manuals
KW  - History
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
KW  - Images
KW  - Guides et manuels
N1  - Includes index; Introduction -- Ancient and Classical -- Medieval and Renaissance -- Baroque to Art Nouveau -- Modern and Contemporary -- Elements
N2  - Architectural Styles is an incomparable guide to architectural styles across the centuries and around the world. Modeled after an architect's plein air sketchbook, the volume features hundreds of detailed drawings by esteemed architectural illustrator Robbie Polley alongside incisive and informative descriptions. This unique guidebook takes readers from Europe and the Americas to Egypt, China, and India. It covers a host of historical and contemporary architectural styles, from ancient and classical to Pre-Columbian, Romanesque, Renaissance, Palladian, art nouveau, Brutalist, and biomorphic. It describes the histories and characteristics of the building traditions of each era and region of the world, and looks at key architectural elements such as buttresses, spandrels, curtain walls, and oculi. The book also includes a section on building parts-from domes and columns to towers, arches, roofs, and vaulting-along with a detailed glossary and bibliography. Comprehensive and authoritative, 'Architectural Styles' is an essential resource for architects and designers and a must-have illustrated guide for anyone interested in architecture or drawing
ER  -