History of Western Architecture (4th edition)

In his highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the dramatic impact of CAD (computer-aided design) on architectural practice at the beginning of the 21st century. Adopting an approach that sees architectural history as a living continuity rather than a museum of neatly labelled styles, the author emphasizes the ongoing vitality of the Classical language of architecture, underlining the continuity between, say, the work of Ictinus in 5th-century BC Athens and that of McKim, Mead and White in 20th-century New York. Authoritative, comprehensive and highly illustrated, this fourth edition has been expanded to bring the story of western architecture right up to date.

Contents
Preface
1. Mesopotamia and Egypt
2. The Classical Foundation: Greek, Hellenistic, Roman
3. Early Christian and Byzantine
4. Carolingian and Romanesque
5. The Gothic Experiment
6. Renaissance Hamrony
7. Baroque Expansion
8. Eighteenth-Century Classicism
9. The Nineteenth Century
10. Art Nouveau
11. The Twentieth Century and Beyond
Glossary
Further Reading
Index