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Definitions of architecture and other disciplines from ancient Greece to the eighteenth century

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"While there are many books that survey architectural history, few are able to clearly discuss the ever-changing epistemological nature of architecture as this one does. Parcell's introduction sketches a broad intellectual horizon upon which he intelligently and playfully builds to offer insight into contemporary practice." Marc J. Neveu, Wentworth Institute of Technology "... there is so much to learn from Parcell's rigorous manner of fishing and so much to savor from his bountiful catch, that every architectural historian, and, indeed, any critically inclined lover of architectural ideas ought to take hold of this remarkab

Four Historical Definitions of Architecture

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/11/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780773539563, 978-0773539563
      ISBN10: 0773539565

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      Book Synopsis
      Definitions of architecture and other disciplines from ancient Greece to the eighteenth century

      Trade Review
      "While there are many books that survey architectural history, few are able to clearly discuss the ever-changing epistemological nature of architecture as this one does. Parcell's introduction sketches a broad intellectual horizon upon which he intelligently and playfully builds to offer insight into contemporary practice." Marc J. Neveu, Wentworth Institute of Technology "... there is so much to learn from Parcell's rigorous manner of fishing and so much to savor from his bountiful catch, that every architectural historian, and, indeed, any critically inclined lover of architectural ideas ought to take hold of this remarkab

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