Sir Banister Fletcher's a History of Architecture

List of Contributors ix(2) Sources of Illustrations xi(12) Preface xxiii(2) Introduction xxv Part One The Architecture of Egypt, the Ancient Near East, Asia, Greece and the Hellenistic Kingdoms 1(164) 1 Background 3(26) 2 Prehistoric 29(10) 3 Egypt 39(31) 4 The Ancient Near East 70(29) 5 Early Asian Cultures 99(7) 6 Greece 106(47) 7 The Hellenistic Kingdoms 153(12) Part Two The Architecture of Europe and the Mediterranean to the Renaissance 165(394) 8 Background 167(43) 9 Prehistoric 210(15) 10 Rome and the Roman Empire 225(57) 11 The Byzantine Empire 282(38) 12 Early Russia 320(24) 13 Early Mediaeval and Romanesque 344(79) 14 Gothic 423(136) Part Three The Architecture of Islam 559(74) 15 Background 561(13) 16 Seleucid, Parthian and Sassanian 574(6) 17 Architecture of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates 580(20) 18 Local Dynasties of Central Islam and Pre-Moghul India 600(11) 19 Safavid Persia, the Ottoman Empire and Moghul India 611(18) 20 Vernacular Building and the Paradise Garden 629(4) Part Four The Architecture of the Pre-Colonial Cultures outside Europe 633(170) 21 Background 635(30) 22 Africa 665(6) 23 The Americas 671(22) 24 China 693(23) 25 Japan and Korea 716(31) 26 Indian Subcontinent 747(40) 27 South-east Asia 787(16) Part Five The Architecture of the Renaissance and Post-Renaissance in Europe and Russia 803(356) 28 Background 805(36) 29 Italy 841(81) 30 France, Spain and Portugal 922(53) 31 Austria, Germany and Central Europe 975(24) 32 The Low Countries and Britain 999(66) 33 Russia and Scandinavia 1065(26) 34 Post-Renaissance Europe 1091(68) Part Six The Architecture of the Colonial and Post-colonial Periods outside Europe 1159(152) 35 Background 1161(10) 36 Africa 1171(22) 37 The Americas 1193(34) 38 China 1227(11) 39 Japan and Korea 1238(8) 40 South-east Asia 1246(10) 41 Indian Subcontinent 1256(22) 42 Australasia 1278(33) Part Seven The Architecture of the Twentieth Century 1311(360) 43 Background 1313(5) 44 Western Europe 1900 to 1945 1318(48) 45 Western Europe since 1945 1366(34) 46 Eastern Europe 1400(27) 47 Russia and the Soviet Union 1427(18) 48 Middle East 1445(21) 49 Africa 1466(17) 50 North America 1900 to 1950 1483(28) 51 North America since 1950 1511(21) 52 Latin America 1532(18) 53 China 1550(22) 54 Japan and Korea 1572(22) 55 South-east Asia 1594(16) 56 Hong Kong 1610(9) 57 Indian Subcontinent 1619(27) 58 Oceania 1646(25) Bibliography 1671(42) Glossary 1713(18) Index 1731