The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone.

Newton, for instance, attempted to comprehend the diversities of the universe with a single system of mathematical laws, the objectivity, sobriety and logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which, while accepting variations and adjustments according to climate and other needs, could be applied universally.

The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again.

Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world.

The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.

The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world.