Author: Michael ZilsPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110968185
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
Africa / The Americas / Asia and Oceania.
Africa / The Americas / Asia and Oceania
Author: Michael ZilsPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110968185
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
Africa / The Americas / Asia and Oceania.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
Author: Arts and Civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
Author: Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, the Americas
Author: Art & Textiles of the Americas, Asia, Africa & Oceania
Author: C.G. Sloan & CompanyTraditions in Architecture
Author: Dora P. CrouchPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195088908
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This book introduces students, professionals and the general public to the architectural achievements of diverse cultures outside the Euroamerican tradition. Rather than concentrating on geographic or chronological categories, however, the authors have arranged their subject matter thematically in order to focus on the basic needs common to all human communities. The book is divided into five major sections, each of which deals with vernacular as well as monumental structures. These five topics are discussed in terms of particular architectural solutions, comparing and contrasting geographically separated buildings and construction traditions. For example, the issue of architectural meaning is studied through symbolic gardens in China, verbal ornament in the Islamic world, and the wall paintings of Ndebele women of southeast Africa. Theoretical issues related to particular building traditions are illuminated by these juxtapositions. Traditions in Architecture begins with an investigation into the ways in which the continuity of traditional forms is maintained. Next, the authors explore practical issues such as housing and food structures, climate and ecology, building materials, and architectural forms and methods. Architectural goals and purposes, which determine what is built, vary from culture to culture and are given special attention. Planning and design -- ways in which space is used in patterns of organization -- constitute a discussion ranging from urban plans to landscaped settings. The text concludes with an examination of cultural values, investigating the interaction between architecture and social relations, traditional theories, decision-making, and the economics of building.
Asia and Oceania
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Arts and Civilisations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
Author: Sculptures Afrique Asie Oceanie Ameriques Anglais
Author: Musée National du Louvre (Paris)Publisher:
ISBN: 9782711840762
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Art and civilizations
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art and society
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Masterpieces from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas have arrived at the musée du Louvre in Paris for the first time, thus giving its rightful place to the art of these little known cultures and civilizations. Meet the Dogon, the Inuit, the Maya, the Kanak, the Ifugao and the societies which created these masterpieces.