Architecture and Ornament: An Illustrated Dictionary
Author:   Margaret Maliszewski-Pickart
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786443352


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   22 May 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Margaret Maliszewski-Pickart
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.376kg
ISBN:  

9780786443352


ISBN 10:   0786443359
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   22 May 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments     viii Illustration Credits     Preface     HOW TO USE THIS BOOK     THE ILLUSTRATIONS Windows and Doors     Walls     Roofs     Columns     Stairs     Ornament and Moldings     Arches, Vaults and Domes     THE DICTIONARY     Appendix: Describing Architecture     Selected Bibliography    

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excellent...fills a gap in the popular reference book market --<i>Reference Reviews</i>; easy-to-use...succeeds admirably --<i>ARBA</i>; useful --<i>College & Research Libraries</i>; a more useful source [than the competition] --<i>Reference Reviews</i>; interdependent two-part organization and clarity of definitions makes this a more useful source...defines more terms and illustrates them more effectively [than the competition] --<i>Rettig on Reference</i>; serves as a field guide to many of the elements seen in American architecture --<i>C&RL News</i>; an intriguing blend of full-page, clear illustrations of everything from columns to walls, combined with a separate dictionary section of definition and detail --<i>Midwest Book Review.</i>


Easy-to -- College & Research Libraries College & Research Libraries


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Architectural historian Margaret Maliszewski has worked with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and with architectural and planning firms in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. She currently manages the work of Albemarle County’s Architectural Review Board and Historic Preservation Committee in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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