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The Anatomy of Architecture: Ontology and Metaphor in Batammaliba Architectural Expression [Buy it!] | Suzanne Preston Blier | USD 48.00 (Tue May 28 22:15:04 2024) | AbebooksUK | THE SAINT BOOKSTORE | ISBN10: 0226058611, ISBN13: 9780226058610, [publisher: The University of Chicago Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Blier illuminates the extraordinary architecture of the Batammaliba people of Western Africa, revealing these buildings as texts through which we can read the beliefs, psychology, traditions, and social concerns of their inhabitants. In doing so, she explores the role of vernacular architecture as an expression of culture. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1995] |