Research Guides: Architectural History I: Chapter 5

Books, Ebooks, & Videos

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, covering topics such as city planning, historic preservation, and interior design, with coverage dating back to the 1930s.
Cambridge Journals
Full text access to 420 peer-reviewed academic journals from Cambridge University Press in the social sciences, humanities, sciences, technology, and medicine. Full text available through end of 2019.

ARTstor
ARTstor offers high-resolution images of architecture and art. It also provides details on history, materials, and more related to each image.

Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
View images, commentary, and chronologies related to art through the millennia.

Etruscan Architecture
An entry in the Ancient History Encyclopedia discussing Etruscan architecture and its influence on Roman architecture. Includes images and video.
Roman Architecture
An Open Yale course on great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, with an emphasis on urban planning and individual monuments and their decoration. Lessons are presented in video format.
Beginner's Guide to Ancient Rome
A Khan Academy course on Ancient Rome. Contains considerable architectural content, including essays, images, and videos.
Roman Power / Roman Architecture
This resource considers the spread of Roman architecture as an element of Roman empire and tracks the influence of Roman architectural style through today. Includes images.