Do you know a Doric column when you see one? Of course.
But what about an entablature, a hypostyle, a pylon, or a pagoda? Architectural Details uses beautifully engraved plates from the great works of architectural history to illustrate a show-and-tell journey round the architecture of civilizations east and west, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution.
Most of the drawings and engravings have been taken from early sources, unparalleled for their elegance and delicacy of line, .
Ivy Press Architectural details: a visual guide to 2000 years of building styles, paperback/emily cole
