The Story of Architecture throughout the Ages (Yesterday's Classics) by P. Leslie Waterhouse Robin your family

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The Story of Architecture throughout the Ages (Yesterday's Classics) by P. Leslie Waterhouse Robin your familyA detailed tour of architecture in the western world beginning with the Egyptian pyramids and ending with the skyscrapers of the early 20th century. In between the reader encounters the architecture of the Greeks, the Romans, the early Christians, and the Saracens, followed by a treatment of Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance architectures and how they manifested differently in different countries. Amply illustrated with dozens of line drawings