Primitive architecture / Enrico Guidoni ; translated by Robert Erich Wolf.

Main entry:

Guidoni, Enrico, 1939-2007, author.

Title & Author:

Primitive architecture / Enrico Guidoni ; translated by Robert Erich Wolf.

Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1978

Description:

382 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Series:

History of world architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-368) and index.
[Table of Contents] -- Preface / Pier Luigi Nervi -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. -- Architecture and Territory -- CHAPTER TWO -- Architecture and Clan -- CHAPTER THREE. -- Architecture and Lineage -- CHAPTER FOUR. -- Architecture, Myth, and Power -- Notes -- Appendix : Primitive Peoples and Their Architecture.
Translation of: Architettura primitiva.

Summary:

The latest volume in Abram's History of World Architecture series, Primitive Architecture is a uniquely conceived investigation of the way primitive societies shape their environments. Considering architecture as including not only buildings but also every kind of physical alteration of the landscape, the author investigates the structure, purpose, and interpretation of campsites, architectural sculpture, ritual itineraries of nomadic peoples, sacred centers, and territory and village layouts. Moving from hunting and gathering societies, for whom the territory itself is architecture, through sedentary populations, for whom the relationship between agriculture, dwelling, and village is highly charged with significance, to the peoples in social transit between village and modern urban life, the author firmly establishes the widely unrecognized fact that architecture plays a central role in the economic, social, and cultural life of populations not yet part of the modern world. This volume is a pioneering exploration in an immeasurably rich field and will capture the interest of architect, anthropologist and general reader alike. Almost 500 illustrations, which include plans and drawings as well as photographs; an exhaustive bibliography; and an appendix that offers thumbnail descriptions of the architecture of almost 200 primitive societies in all the major geographical areas of the world - all these help to make this volume an invaluable reference tool as well as an innovative and pioneering study. -- Book Jacket

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0810910268
9780810910263

Subject:

Architecture, Ancient.
Architecture and archaeology.
Vernacular architecture.
Architecture antique.
Architecture et archéologie.
Architecture vernaculaire.
vernacular architecture.
Architecture, Primitive.
Prehistoric peoples.

Added entries:

Wolf, Robert Erich, translator.
History of world architecture (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 96889
Call No.: W7048; ID:86-B19187
Status: Available

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