[ePub] Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand at Arts-Photography

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“This book is the most comprehensively global and critically sensitive synthesis of what we now know of the material and socio-cultural evolution of the so-called First Societies. Written by a distinguished architectural historian and theorist; this truly remarkable and indispensable study shows how the material culture of our forebears; from building to clothing; food; ritual and dance; was inextricably bound up with the mode of survival obtained in a particular place and time…It is a study that will surely become required reading for every student of material culture.”—Kenneth Frampton Starting with the dawn of human society; through early civilizations; to the pre-Columbian American tribes; Architecture of First Societies: A Global Perspective traces the different cultural formations that developed in various places throughout the world to form the built environment. Looking through the lens of both time and geography; the history of early architecture is brought to life with full-color photographs; maps; and drawings. Drawing on the latest research in archaeological and anthropological knowledge; this landmark book also looks at how indigenous societies build today in order to help inform the past.