Building America.Janice Weaver (Illustrated by Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. Shemie). Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra tundra (tŭn`drə), treeless plains of N North America and N Eurasia, lying principally along the Arctic Circle, on the coasts and islands of the Arctic Ocean, and to the north of the coniferous forest belt. Books, 2002. Illus., hardcover, 56 pp., $17.95. This book tells a history of architecture from Jamestown to Post-Modernism. Some chapters with titles such as "Halls of Power," deal with civic buildings. Others, with titles like, "In the Heartland" refer to geographical regions. Still others, such as "The Jazz Age Noun 1. Jazz Age - the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism " tap into the spirit of the times. Brief information-packed paragraphs and extended captions offer just enough text to place the chosen examples into a historical context. Shemie's precise watercolor images dominate the spreads and help us understand the remarkable diversity of architecture as an art form. An illustrated six-page timeline and three-page glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. are major additions to this beautifully produced book. A resource for history as well as art classes. |
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