ABC of Architecture

James F. O'Gorman is Grace Slack McNeil Professor of the History of American Art at Wellesley College and author of more than a dozen books on architecture and art history, including Connecticut Valley Vernacular: The Vanishing Landscape and Architecture of the New England Tobacco Fields, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

• Preface Precis Architecture A Is for Utilitas B Is for Firmitas C Is for Venustas Architecture as Communication Learning the LingoGlossary Further Reading Index

"May be the best-written work on the subject."-New York Times"Thank goodness for James F. O'Gorman, who has given us this refreshingly clear guide to the indispensable convergence of art and science we call architecture."-Forbes"[O'Gorman's] mastery of the subject shows in his straightforward, lucid prose."-Publishers Weekly"James O'Gorman's ABC of Architecture takes its rightful place among the few paragons this century of clear and direct introductions to the field."-Robert Venturi