Author : James Fergusson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330064580
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (645 download)
Book Synopsis History of Architecture in All Countries, Vol. 1 of 2 by : James Fergusson
Download or read book History of Architecture in All Countries, Vol. 1 of 2 written by James Fergusson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Architecture in All Countries, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day During the period that has elapsed since the first edition of this work was published, no important work on the History of Architecture has appeared which throws any new light on either the theory or practice of the art, and, except in India, no new buildings have been discovered and no monographs published that materially add to our general stores of knowledge. The truth of the matter appears to be that the architectural productions of all the countries mentioned in these two volumes have been examined and described to a sufficient extent for the purposes of the general historian. A great deal of course remains to be done before all the information required for the student of any particular style can be supplied, but nothing of any great importance probably remains to be discovered in the countries of the Old World, nor anything that is at all likely to alter any views or theories founded on what we at present know. The one exception to this satisfactory state of things is our knowledge, or rather want of knowledge, regarding the history of the ancient architecture of the New World, treated of in the last few pages of this work. No important addition has lately been made to the little we knew before, and it is now to be feared that Mr. Squier's long-expected work on the Antiquities of Peru may never see the light, at least not under the auspices of its author, and the Count de Waldeck's work adds very little, if anything, to what we knew before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
