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The Elements of Style: An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail
More than 3,000 analytical drawings and historic engravings are included in this updated edition as well as 400 photographs in color and over 1,000 in black and white. These extraordinary images provide a systematic guide to the features appropriate for every part of a building, from the major components such as doors, windows, walls, floors, ceilings, and staircases to th...more
Hardcover, 592 pages
Published
September 8th 2005
by Firefly Books
(first published September 1st 2005)
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Large comprehensive and well presented book on architecture
This is a great reference book for interior designers.
It is similarly formatted like a dictionary--there are color-coded tabs which help to distinguish the different sections. Also, it is chronologically laid out, which I thought was helpful, so you can see how various styles "evolved" over time.
My only criticism of Elements of Style is that the glossary was not extensive enough. I wish that instead of having to look up certain terms in the dictionary, I could have found them in the book itsel...more
It is similarly formatted like a dictionary--there are color-coded tabs which help to distinguish the different sections. Also, it is chronologically laid out, which I thought was helpful, so you can see how various styles "evolved" over time.
My only criticism of Elements of Style is that the glossary was not extensive enough. I wish that instead of having to look up certain terms in the dictionary, I could have found them in the book itsel...more
An excellent and resourceful book that is packed with information on architectural styles. While the book emphasizes interior elements, there is also information pertaining to exterior stylistic elements.
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He is an expert on 19th century art, and has made a particular study of the decadent and dandy culture of the fin de siecle.
He staged the V&A's exhibition on the 1890s, 'High Art and Low Life' in 1993, and curated the 'Aubrey Beardsley Centenary Show' in Tokyo and London in 1998.
He writes on the history of t...more
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