Architecture and Ornament – Anthony White and Bruce Robertson
Architecture and Ornament contains over 900 drawings and 1500 text definitions to illustrated and explain the terminology of Western architecture and decoration. The multitudinous elements of buildings and ornament are here categorized and described both in words and by clear straightforward line illustration.
Even more information is supplied by an illustrated timechart of architectural history, and by 90 brief profiles of architects as well as 70 thumbnail sketches of styles and periods. Together with the other titles in this series, FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS and CERAMICS AND GLASS, this book provides a fascinating guide for both the amateur architectural and design enthusiast, and for the teacher and student of the arts and crafts.