This perfectly illustrated edition acquaints with the art of architecture in all variety of her basic styles, areas and divisions. It will be especially interesting to those, who would like to trace all history of development of architecture - from primitive times to beginning of XX of century, to understand how and why her forms changed, and who of great architects played the most considerable role herein. In a book the secrets of erection open up also most famous architectural building, that gives an opportunity newly to give a glance on known to the whole world masterpieces.