List of Contributors
Sources of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Part One The Architecture of Egypt,the Ancient Near East,Asia,Greece and the
Hellenistic Kingdoms
1 Background
2 Prehistoric
3 Egypt
4 The Ancient Near East
5 Early Asian Cultures
6 Greece
7 The Hellenistic Kingdoms
Part Two The Architecture of Europe and the Mediterranean to the Renaissance
8 Background
9 Prehistoric
10 Rome and the Roman Empire
11 The Byzantine Empire
12 Early Russia
13 Early Mediaeval and Romanesque
14 Gothic
Part Three The Architecture of Islam
15 Background
16 Seleucid,Parthian and Sassanina
17 Architecture of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates
18 Local Dynasties of Central Islam and Pre-Moghul India
19 Safavid Persia ,the Ottoman Empire and Moghul India
20 Vernacular Building and the Paradise Garden
Part Four The Architecture of the Pre-Colonial Cultures outside Europe
21 Background
22 Africa
23 The Americas
24 China
25 Japan and Korea
26 Indian Subcontinent
27 South-east Asia
Part Five The Architecture of the Renaissance and Post-Renaissance
in Europe and Russia
28 Background
29 Italy
30 France,Spain and Portugal
31 Austria,Germany and Central Europe
32 The Low Countries and Britain
33 Russia and Scandinavia
34 Post-Renaissance Europe
Part Six The Architecture of the Colonial and Post-colonial Periods outside Europe
35 Bacekground
36 Africa
37 The Americas
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Part Seven The Architecture of the Twentieth Century
Bibliography
Glossary
Index