A history of architecture : settings and rituals /
Spiro Kostof ; revisions by Greg Castillo ; original drawings by Richard Tobias.
- 2nd ed. / revisions by Greg Castillo.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
- 792 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Study of What We Built -- 2. The Cave and the Sky: Stone Age Europe -- 3. The Rise of the City: Architecture in Western Asia -- 4. The Architecture of Ancient Egypt -- 5. Bronze Age Cities: The Aegean and Asia Minor -- 6. The Greek Temple and "Barbarian" Alternatives -- 7. Polis and Akropolis -- 8. The Hellenistic Realm -- 9. Rome: Caput Mundi -- 10. The World at Large: Roman Concurrences -- 11. The Triumph of Christ -- 12. The Mediterranean in the Early Middle Ages -- 13. The Birth of Nations: Europe After Charles -- 14. The French Manner -- 15. The Urbanization of Europe, 1100-1300 -- 16. Edges of Medievalism -- 17. The Renaissance: Ideal and Fad -- 18. Spain and the New World -- 19. Istanbul and Venice -- 20. The Popes as Planners: Rome, 1450-1650 -- 21. Absolutism and Bourgeoisie: European Architecture, 1600-1750 -- 22. Architecture for a New World -- 23. Architectural Art and the Landscape of Industry, 1800-1850 -- 24. The American Experience.