The Eternal Present, Volume II : : The Beginnings of Architecture / / Sigfried Giedion.
An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from the acclaimed architectural historianIn The Beginnings of Architecture, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer. These early builders expressed an attitude of immense force when they confronted their...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023] ©1964 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (604 p.) :; 345 b/w illus. 3 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PART I THE DIFFERING DESTINIES OF EGYPT AND SUMER
- PART II THE EGGSHELLS OF PREHISTORY
- PART III CREATING AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC COSMOS
- PART IV CONSTANCY AND CHANGE IN THE MODE OF EXPRESSION
- PART V THE ORIGINS OF MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE: MESOPOTAMIA
- PART VI ZIGGURATS: 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
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF WORKS CITED
- GENERAL INDEX
- INDEX OF CONCEPTS