This is a CD-ROM with the most comprehensive, highly visual introduction to the most public of all arts. Perfect as an introductory survey for students and the general public, or a visual reference for professionals, this elaborately designed multimedia tool offers the most exciting and thorough introduction to the basic concepts and history of architecture. An Interactive introduction features 1,000 full-color slide images, 150 drawings, 75 computer models, 200 Quicktime film animation sequences, maps, narration, and a timeline in a bundled book and linked in an interactive CD-ROM. Together, they uniquely present history, structures, materials, engineering, technology and design of architecture, and related fields. Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, this work from the teachings of two architects stands alone as an engaging educational resource of quality and scope.
- ISBN10 0079136958
- ISBN13 9780079136954
- Publish Date 22 March 1998
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 13 May 2006
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw Hill Higher Education
- Pages 100
- Language English