| Description |
xx, 583 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. The differing destinies of Egypt and Sumer -- Part II. The eggshells of re history -- Part III. Creating an anthropomorphic cosmos -- Part IV. Constancy and change in the mode of expression -- Part V. The origins od monumental architecture: Mesopotamia -- Part VI. Ziggyrats: Stairways of the gods -- Part VII. Beginnings of stone architecture and the KA: Egypt -- Part VIII. Pyramids: Rites and space -- Part IX. The great temples and the eternal wandering -- Part X. Hatshepsut and the cosmic inner court -- Part XI. Supremacy of the vertical -- Part XII. The first architectural space conception |
| Summary |
This book explores pre history architecture |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 540-551 |
| Subject |
Architecture, Ancient.
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Architecture, Egyptian.
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Architecture.
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| LC no. |
11920751 |
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