The following is a list of libraries with useful collections of book on architecture. The starred entries are part of the Boston Consortium and are therefore are available for use by students at the University of Massachusetts/Boston with a valid student ID.
The following recommendations for reading are based on the suggestions of students from Art 230.
Andrews, Anthony P. First cities. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1995.
O'Gorman, James F. ABC of architecture. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvnia Press, 1998.
Pevsner, Nikolaus. An outline of European architecture. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963,
Watkin, David. A history of Western architecture. London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1986.
Burl, Aubrey. Rings of stone : the prehistoric stone circles of Britain and Ireland. New Haven : Ticknor & Fields, 1980.
_____. "Stonehenge," History Today 51 (March 2001), p. 19 -.
Castleden, Rodney. The Stonehenge people : an exploration of life in Neolithic Britain, 4700-2000. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.
_____. The making of Stonehenge. London: Routledge, 1993.
Hawkins, Gerald S. Stonehenge decoded. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1966.
Mass, Wendy. Stonehenge. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1998.
McMann, Jean. Riddles of the stone age : rock carvings of ancient Europe. New York : Thames and Hudson, 1980.
Piggott, Stuart. The neolithic cultures of the British Isles; a study of the stone-using agricultural communities of Britain in the second millennium B.C. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954.
Souden, David. Stonehenge : mysteries of the stones and landscape. London : Collins & Brown, 1997.
_____. Stonehenge Revealed. New York: Collins & Brown, 1997.
Williams-Thorp, Olwen et al., "Chlorine-36 dating and the bluestones of Stonehenge," Antiquity 69 (December 1995), p. 1019-.
Clayton, Peter A. Chronicle of the Pharaohs : the reign-by-reign record of the rulers and dynasties of ancient Egypt. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1994.
Fakhry, Ahmed. The pyramids. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1961.
Macaulay, David. Pyramid. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
Morley, Jacqueline et al.. An Egyptian Pyramid. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1991.
Silverman, David P., ed. Ancient Egypt. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Spencer, A. Jeffrey. "Stability and Formal Style in the Early Old Kingdom," in Early Egypt : the rise of civilisation in the Nile Valley. London: British Museum Press, 1993, pp 98-120.
Andrews, George F. Maya cities: placemaking and urbanization. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975.
Benson, Elizabeth P. The Maya world. New York: Crowell, 1977.
Clancy, Flora S. et al. Maya : treasures of an ancient civilization. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1985.
Coe, William R. Tikal, a handbook of the ancient Maya ruins : with a guide map. Philadelphia: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1988.
Demarest, Arthur. "The Violent Saga of a Maya Kingdom," National Geographic (Feb 1993), 96-111.
Drew, David. The lost chronicles of the Maya kings. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999.
Ferguson, William M. Maya ruins in Central America in color : Tikal, Copan, and Quirigua. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1984.
Hellmuth, Nicholas M. Maya archaeology : Tikal, Copan : travel guide, 1978 ; a complete guide to all the Maya ruins of Central America. St. Louis: Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research, 1978.
David Friedel, "Mystery of the Maya Façade," Archaeology 53 (September/October 2000), 24-28.
Hammond, Norman. Ancient Maya civilization. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1990.
Harrison, Peter D. The lords of Tikal : rulers of an ancient Maya city. London : Thames & Hudson, 1999.
Laughton, Timothy. The Maya : life, myth, and art. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998.
Leon Portilla, Miguel. Time and reality in the thought of the Maya. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988.
Low, Setha M. On the plaza : the politics of public space and culture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000.
Montgomery, John. Tikal: an illustrated history: the ancient Maya capital. New York : Hippocrene Books, 2001.
Pearce, Kenneth. The view from the top of the temple: ancient Maya civilization and modern Maya culture. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1984.
Pollock, H.E.D, "Architecture of the Maya Lowlands," in Gordon R. Willey, ed. Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica, volume 1. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1965, pp. 378-440.
Proskouriakoff, Tatiana. Maya history. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1993.
Schele, Linda and David Freidel. A forest of kings : the untold story of the ancient Maya. New York: Morrow, 1990.
Schmidt, Peter and Mercedes de la Garza y Enrique Nalda, eds. Los Mayas. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1999.
Sharer, Robert J. The ancient Maya. 5th ed. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994.
Spier, Peter, "A Travel's tale of ancient Tikal," National Geographic (December 1975), 799-811.
Stuart, Gene S. Lost kingdoms of the Maya. Washington, D.C.: The National Geographic Society, 1993.
Thompson, John Eric Sidney. Maya history and religion. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970.
_____. The rise and fall of Maya civilization. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966.
Wauchope, Robert. They found the buried cities; exploration and excavation in the American tropics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.
Berve, Helmut. Greek temples, theatres, and shrines. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1963.
Becatti, Giovanni. The art of ancient Greece and Rome, from the rise of Greece to the fall of Rome. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1967.
Boardman, John. The Parthenon and its sculptures. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985.
Bowra, C.M. "The Philosophy of Empire," in Periclean Athens. New York: The Dial Press, 1971, pp 106-139.
Brown, Frank Chouteau et al. Study of the orders. Chicago: American School of Correspondence, 1906.
Bruno, Vincent J., ed. The Parthenon. New York: Norton, 1974.
Dinsmoor, William Bell. The architecture of ancient Greece: an account of its historic development. New York: Norton, 1975.
Espouy, Hector d'. One hundred selected plates from Fragments d'architecture Antique. New York: Pencil Points Press, 1923.
Gialoures, Nikolaos. Classical Greece; the Elgin marbles of the Parthenon. Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society, 1960.
Grinnell, Isabel Hoopes. Greek temples. New York, 1943.
Hurwit, Jeffrey M. The Athenian Acropolis : history, mythology, and archaeology from the Neolithic era to the present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Lingren, Birte. "A Methodological Enquiry: The Great Bronze Athena by Pheidias," The Journal of Hellenistic Studies 117 (1997) pp 190-198.
Onians, John. Bearers of meaning : the classical orders in antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988.
Rhodes, Robin Francis. Architecture and meaning on the Athenian Acropolis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Scranton, Robert Lorentz. Greek architecture. New York: G. Braziller, 1962.
Tomlinson, Richard Allan. Greek sanctuaries. London: Elek, 1976.
Woodford, Susan. The Parthenon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
Fagan, Garrett G. Bathing in public in the Roman world. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999.
MacDonald, William Lloyd. The architecture of the Roman Empire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982.
Sear, Frank. Roman architecture. London: Batsford Academic and Educational, 1989.
Ward-Perkins, John Bryan. Roman architecture. New York: Electa/Rizzoli, 1988.
Yegul, Fikret K. Baths and bathing in classical antiquity. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1992.
Acland, James, H. "Ribbed Vaults," in Medieval structure: the gothic vault. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1972, pp. 79-90.
Bentmann, Reinhard and Heinrich Lickes. "Gothic Architecture: Classic Gothic in France,", in Churches of the Middle Ages. London: Cassell, 1979, pp. 60-97.
Branner, Robert, ed. Chartres Cathedral. New York: Norton, 1969.
Clarck, William W. and Robert Mark. "Gothic structural experimentation," Scientific American (Nov. 1984), pp. 176-79.
Johnson, James Rosser. The radiance of Chartres : studies in the early stained glass of the cathedral. New York: Random House, 1965.
Katzenellenbogen, Adolf. The sculptural programs of Chartres Cathedral: Christ, Mary, Ecclesia. New York: Norton, 1959.
Katzenellenbogen, Adolf. Art of the Middle Ages: Medieval Religious and Art Historical Terms. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1982.
Macaulay, David. Cathedral: the story of its construction. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.
Male, Emile. Chartres. NewYork: Harper and Row, 1983.
Panofsky, Erwin. Gothic architecture and scholasticism. New York: New American Library, 1976.
Sekules, Veronica. Medieval art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Toman, Rolf, ed. The art of Gothic: architecture, sculpture, painting. Cologne : Konemann, 1999.
Ward, Clarence. Mediaeval church vaulting. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1915.
West, T. W. A history of architecture in France. London: University of London Press, 1969.
Wigginton, Michael. Glass in architecture. London: Phaidon Press, 1996.
Grabar, Oleg. The great mosque of Isfahan. New Yor : New York University Press, 1990.
Hillenbrand, Robert. Islamic architecture: form, function, and meaning. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.
Lewcock, Ronald B. "Architects, Craftsmen and Builders: Materials and Techniques," in George Michell, ed. Architecture of the Islamic world : its history and social meaning, with a complete survey of key monuments. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978, pp. 112-143.
Pope, Arthur Upham. Introducing Persian architecture. London: Oxford University Press, 1971.
Rainer, Roland. Anonymes Bauen im Iran : Stadtplanungsabt. d. N.I.S.C. (National Iranian Steel Corporation). Graz: Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanst., 1977.
Seherr-Thoss, Sonia P. Design and color in Islamic architecture; Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968.
Welch, Anthony. Shah 'Abbas & the arts of Isfahan. New York: The Asia Society, 1973.
Adams, Nicolas. "The Acquisition of Pienza 1459-1464," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 44 (May, 1985), 99-110.
Mack, Charles R. Pienza : the creation of a Renaissance city. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987.
Antoniou, Jim. "The Forbidden City in Beijing: China's Hidden Heart," The Architectural Review 209 (April 2001), p. 19-.
Ayscough, Florence Wheelock. "Symbolism of the Purple Forbidden City," in A Chinese mirror : being reflections of the reality behind appearance. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925, pp. 281-341.
Boyd, Andrew. Chinese architecture and town planning, 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1911. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962.
Ju, Ching-hua. Palace architecture. Vienna: Springer-Verlag, 1998.
Knapp, Ronald G. China's traditional rural architecture: a cultural geography of the common house. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.
Lam, Kam Chuen. Feng Shui handbook : how to create a healthier living and working environment. New York: Henry Holt, 1996.
Munsterberg, Hugo. Dragons in Chinese art. New York: China House Gallery, 1972.
Rossbach, Sarah and Lin Yun. Feng Shui design : from history and landscape to modern gardens and interiors. New York: Viking, 1998.
Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman et al. Chinese traditional architecture. New York: China House Gallery, 1984.
Zhouyun, Yu, ed. Palaces of the Forbidden City. New York: Viking Press, 1984.
Itoh, Teiji, et al. Imperial gardens of Japan: Sento Gosho, Katsura, Shugaku-in. New York: Walker/Weatherhill,1970.
Tange, Kenzo and Walter Gropius. Katsura : tradition and creation in Japanese architecture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1960.
Dinkel, John. The Royal Pavilion, Brighton. New York City: Vendome Press, 1983.
Morley, John and John Dinkel. The Royal Pavilion at Brighton : an exhibition. New York: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1977.
Bechtler, Cristina, ed. Frank O. Gehry - Kurt W. Forster. Ostfildern-R.: Cantz, 1999.
Bruggen, Coosje van. Frank O. Gehry : Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 1997.
Friedman, Mildred, ed. Gehry talks : architecture + process. New York: Rizzoli, 1999.
Newhouse, Victoria. Towards a new museum. New York: Monacelli Press, 1998.
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