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Compared to other human activities, architecture is a young art that had its beginnings only 10,000 years ago when men and women, having discovered agriculture and husbandry, were able to give up roaming the surface of the earth in search of food. Until then they had been exposed to the weather, precariously protected by tents of animal skins. Perpetually on the move, they cooked over campfires and gathered in small tribes.
All of this changed when people became sedentary. Tents were supplanted by more substantial abodes, and a permanent hearth became the center of the home. Numerous huts sprang up in fertile areas; contact between families became more frequent and intimate; villages grew. From village to village a network of paths was worn. At times paths had to cross rivers and ravines, requiring the construction of footbridges made out of tree trunks or suspended from ropes of vegetable fibers...
Book Details
| Title | WHY BUILDINGS STAND UP (First Edition) |
| Author | MARIO SALVADORI |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-393-01401-0 |
| Size | 17.2 MB |
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