Review "...this pocket-size volume packed with handy visuals is a perfect reference tool." ~Elle Decor "This practical primer not only provides the answer, but proves that buildings can be the stuff of page-turners, too." ~ReadyMade Magazine "The draftsmanship of the fine pen and ink drawings, the color-coding of sections, the compactness of trim size, and the quantity of mater...(展开全部)

Looking at architecture and the elements that are included in buildings, from cornices and friezes to columns and porticos, this book is a practical primer to various facets of buildings. Each chapter takes an architectural element and looks at its variety across various historical periods and geographical locations. This book is a practical primer to looking at architecture an...(展开全部)

作者简介 菲奥娜福克斯从事时尚与时装设计已有30年，其中15年在英国独立电视台（ITV）和英国广播公司（BBC）担任时装设计师。她曾授课于中央圣马丁艺术与设计学院和巴黎美国大学，讲授纺织与时尚课程。菲奥娜一直致力于对法国高端时装产业的研究，并出版了多本著作，包括《消费与奢侈： 16501850年的欧洲消费文化》（1999）等。 译者简介 巨德辉，男，大连大学美术学院副院长、教授，从事服装设计研究工作，多次在大连国际服装节举办个人服装设计作品展，被评为大连市十佳服装设计师。 张福芝，女，辽宁师范大学教育硕士，大连大学英语学院副教授。曾为光明家具集团做笔译工作。从事高等教育20多年，主要讲授大学英语。曾经出版过《高等学校大学英语应用能力AB级考点快训》等著作，并发表过多篇学术论文。

This stylishly illustrated guide parses the visual vocabulary to understand, investigate, and interpret seminal fashions and styles. The perfect companion for fashionistas and anyone interested in a better understanding of how fashions and styles evolve, this is the first book of its kind aimed at a general audience. Both dip-in reference and stylish resource, it covers 200 ye...(展开全部)

Small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, this primer is a must-have for architecture and history buffs, tourists, and churchgoers interested in decoding the styles and symbols of religious buildings. Every building contains clues embedded in its design that identify not only its architectural style but also who designed it, what kind of congre...(展开全部)

Gothic, Romanesque, Modernist, Metabolist... The variety of styles through architectural history can be bewildering. Whether it be a Gothic crocket or a simple Modernist join, this book illustrates all the key architectural styles from around the world using beautiful, specially commissioned drawings to identify key features and details. It begins with the earliest styles of th...(展开全部)

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the classica...(展开全部)

Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content. Takes a wide range of poems from the Renaissance to the present...(展开全部)

Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content. Takes a wide range of poems from the Renaissance to the prese...(展开全部)