PART V THE ORIGINS OF MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE: MESOPOTAMIA

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD viii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. TABLE OF CONTENTS xiii
5. PART I THE DIFFERING DESTINIES OF EGYPT AND SUMER 1
6. PART II THE EGGSHELLS OF PREHISTORY 29
7. PART III CREATING AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC COSMOS 95
8. PART IV CONSTANCY AND CHANGE IN THE MODE OF EXPRESSION 147
9. PART V THE ORIGINS OF MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE: MESOPOTAMIA 175
10. PART VI ZIGGURATS: STAIRWAYS OF THE GODS 215
11. PART VII BEGINNINGS OF STONE ARCHITECTURE AND THE KA: EGYPT 263
12. PART VIII PYRAMIDS: RITES AND SPACE 295
13. PART IX THE GREAT TEMPLES AND THE ETERNAL WANDERING 349
14. PART X HATSHEPSUT AND THE COSMIC INNER COURT 401
15. PART XI SUPREMACY OF THE VERTICAL 435
16. PART XII THE FIRST ARCHITECTURAL SPACE CONCEPTION 493
17. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 528
18. LIST OF WORKS CITED 540
19. GENERAL INDEX 552
20. INDEX OF CONCEPTS 574