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For architects, historians, preservationists, students or homeowners, this richly illustrated two-part dictionary makes it easy to identify a specific architectural detail. This work allows you to visually identify a particular building element in a series of illustrations. Once the visual identification is made, the name of the term is given, making it simple to look up in the traditional architectural dictionary section of the book. The illustrations are arranged by main categories with common labels--windows and doors; walls; roofs; columns; stairs; ornament and moldings; and arches, vaults and domes. This broad range of architectural illustrations allows the work to function not only as a traditional architectural dictionary, but also as a design source or as an overview of architectural ornament and detailing.

Product Identifiers

PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786443359

ISBN-139780786443352

eBay Product ID (ePID)71170025

Product Key Features

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameArchitecture and Ornament : an Illustrated Dictionary

Publication Year2009

SubjectDecoration & Ornament, Dictionaries, General, Référence

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaArt, Architecture, Référence

AuthorMargaret Maliszewski-Pickart

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight13.3 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"excellent...fills a gap in the popular reference book market"-- Reference Reviews ; "easy-to-use...succeeds admirably"-- ARBA ; "useful"-- College & Research Libraries ; "a more useful source [than the competition]"-- Reference Reviews ; "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]"-- Rettig on Reference ; "serves as a field guide to many of the elements seen in American architecture"-- C&RL News ; "an intriguing blend of full-page, clear illustrations of everything from columns to walls, combined with a separate dictionary section of definition and detail"-- Midwest Book Review., "excellent...fills a gap in the popular reference book market"- Reference Reviews ; "easy-to-use...succeeds admirably"- ARBA ; "useful"- College & Research Libraries ; "a more useful source [than the competition]"- Reference Reviews ; "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]"- Rettig on Reference ; "serves as a field guide to many of the elements seen in American architecture"- C&RL News ; "an intriguing blend of full-page, clear illustrations of everything from columns to walls, combined with a separate dictionary section of definition and detail"- Midwest Book Review., "excellent...fills a gap in the popular reference book market"-- Reference Reviews "easy-to-use...succeeds admirably"-- ARBA "useful"-- College & Research Libraries "a more useful source [than the competition]"-- Reference Reviews "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]"-- Rettig on Reference "serves as a field guide to many of the elements seen in American architecture"-- C&RL News "an intriguing blend of full-page, clear illustrations of everything from columns to walls, combined with a separate dictionary section of definition and detail"-- Midwest Book Review.

Number of Volumes1 Vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal721/.03

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Edition DescriptionAlternate

Table of ContentTable 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