Click of Western Architecture

by Carol Strickland

Click, Western ArchitectThis book not only faithfully describes the history of Western architecture, from Stonehenge to the recent deconstructive architecture, but also provides a timeline of the trends of world history and architectural history in each period. These charts are compared and explained to help readers understand them. In addition, the keyword arch, dome, bolt, flying buttress, pyramid, and skyscrapers are used to explain the flow of architecture through the ages, with examples of typical architecture. It also adds a detailed commentary.Interesting reading is also abundant. The architects personal achievements as well as the great achievements of the masters who led Western architects from the architect Imhotep, the first-named architect in history by designing the Roman diet, the bird-building and the stepped pyramid of King Jose, to Gaudi, Frank Lloyd Wright and female architect Julie Morgan It covers reading in a wide range of private areas and makes reading of architects enjoyable.

Paperback

Published September 30, 2003

About the author

Carol Strickland's interactive eBook is "Masterpieces of Art: Impressionism, A Legacy of Light (available from Erudition Digital). She is author of a historical novel "The Eagle and the Swan," an eBook available from amazon for kindle and in print from Echo Point Books and Media (See the book's website: http://www.theeagleandtheswan.com.) She has written many non-fiction books and is an art critic/journalist.
Her two books on the history of art and architecture (The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in the History of Art from Prehistoric to the Present, 3rd, updated edition, and The Annotated Arch: A Crash Course in the History of Architecture) have sold more than 400,000 copies in multiple editions and translations. Strickland has also published The Illustrated Timeline of Art History: A Crash Course in Words and Pictures and The Illustrated Timeline of Western Literature: A Crash Course in Words and Pictures. Her essays have appeared in monographs on the artists Paul Waldman and Aris Kalaizis.
As a writer on cultural topics, she has contributed to publications like The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Art in America, The Nation, Commonweal, Civilization, American Theater, Garden Design, and Art & Antiques. She has a homes in Massachusetts and New York.
Strickland has a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Michigan and has taught at Stony Brook University, Rutgers University, Southampton College, Stevens Institute of Technology, and La Guardia Community College. She’s won accolades for her screenplays in prestigious competitions.
Links to some of her feature stories are under “Events” on her website: http://www.carolcstrickland.com. She contributes reflections on current culture to Bluesky @carolartbeat.bsky.social.
Her new historical novel, "Sparks Fly Up: The Lost Story of Margaret Fuller," will be published January 22, 2026. Set in 1850 Concord, the novel shows how Fuller's famous friends like Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Whitman, and Melville squabble over how to remember her life and legacy.