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Empire Building: Orientalism and Victorian Architecture 1st edition
Mark Crinson
Empire Building: Orientalism and Victorian Architecture 1st edition
Mark Crinson
This study explains how and why western architecture was exported in the 19th century to colonies in the East, and how Islamic and Byzantine architectural ideas and styles in turn impacted on the West. It also explores the influence of the East on writers such as Ruskin.
304 pages, 30 line illustrations, 90 b&w photographs
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 22, 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780415139410 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Pages | 306 |
Dimensions | 189 × 246 × 21 mm · 725 g |
Language | English |