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  • Architectorah: Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion by Skarf, Joshua
    Joshua Skarf

    Architectorah: Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion

    ArchitecTorah is a collection of 178 short essays that investigate the Torah through the lens of architecture. Each essay briefly introduces a piece of architectural theory, a building, or a section of building code and then reexamines a well-known topic in the Torah to...
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  • Churches of England by Pitt, Colin
    Colin Pitt

    Churches of England

    Churches of England looks at a number of London Churches as well as cathedrals in Bristol, Cambridge and Liverpool as well as Roman Catholic churches in Manchester and Wigan.Author: Colin PittISBN-10: 1739845080ISBN-13: 9781739845087Publisher: Cp PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2023Pages: 112Format: Paperback
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  • Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean: Diversity and Pluralism, Past and Present by Pradines, Stéphane
    St駱hane Pradines

    Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean: Diversity and Pluralism, Past and Present

    This book examines the role of Muslim communities in the emergence of connections and mobilities across the Indian Ocean World from a longue dur馥 perspective. Spanning the 7th century through the medieval period until the present day, this book aims to move beyond the...
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  • Mediaeval Church Vaulting by Ward, Clarence
    Clarence Ward

    Mediaeval Church Vaulting

    Mediaeval Church Vaulting, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and...
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  • Aldo Van Eyck: Pastoor Van Ars Church, the Hague: A Timeless Sacral Space by Van Eyck, Aldo
    Aldo Van Eyck

    Aldo Van Eyck: Pastoor Van Ars Church, the Hague: A Timeless Sacral Space

    The Pastoor van Ars Church, built in 1969 by the legendary Dutch Structuralist architect Aldo van Eyck (1918-99) in The Hague, is one of the few significant churches to emerge from the second half of the 20th century. This volume sheds light on the...
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  • Temple of Jerusalem by Goldhill, Simon
    Simon Goldhill

    The Temple of Jerusalem

    It was destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago, and yet the Temple of Jerusalem--cultural memory, symbol, and site--remains one of the most powerful, and most contested, buildings in the world. This glorious structure, imagined and re-imagined, reconsidered and reinterpreted again and again over two millennia,...
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  • Sacred Precincts: The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities Across the Islamic World by Gharipour, Mohammad
    Mohammad Gharipour

    Sacred Precincts: The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities Across the Islamic World

    This book examines non-Muslim religious sites, structures and spaces in the Islamic world. It reveals a vibrant portrait of life in the religious sites by illustrating how architecture responds to contextual issues and traditions. Sacred Precincts explores urban context; issues of identity; design; construction;...
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  • St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church by Rosbe, Judith Westlund
    Judith Westlund Rosbe

    St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church

    St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church was founded in 1871, when Adm. Andrew Harwood decided to retire in Marion, Massachusetts, and fulfill a promise that he had made to the archangel Gabriel after surviving a fierce storm at sea. Initially a church for Marion's summer residents,...
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  • London Catholic Churches by Palmer, Harry
    Harry Palmer

    London Catholic Churches

    Catholic churches in the city of Westminster, Camden, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & FulhamAuthor: Harry PalmerISBN-10: 1916023029ISBN-13: 9781916023024Publisher: Shane BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2023Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.45h x 7.24w x 0.39d
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  • The Throw of an axe by Satyan, Rohini
    Rohini Satyan

    The Throw of an axe

    Travelling through time, the book explores the aura and mysticism that enshrines the Shiva temple tradition in Kerala, against the backdrop of the Parashurama legend. The temples trail across some of the renowned Shiva shrines of the state and bring alive the rich tapestry...
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  • Architecture Coloring Book: Exteriors coloring book for adults / Architectural drawings coloring book / Coloring book for Architect / A coloring b by Rony, Itz
    Itz Rony

    Architecture Coloring Book: Exteriors coloring book for adults / Architectural drawings coloring book / Coloring book for Architect / A coloring b

    This is an Adult Architecture Drawings Coloring Book with beautiful palaces, cathedrals and houses.Each image is printed on a separate page to prevent bleed-through.Enjoy coloring with this relaxing coloring book of beautiful architectural drawings.Book Details: SIZE: 8.5 x 11 inches (215.9 mm x 279.4...
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  • Worship Sound Spaces: Architecture, Acoustics and Anthropology by Guillebaud, Christine
    Christine Guillebaud

    Worship Sound Spaces: Architecture, Acoustics and Anthropology

    Worship Sound Spaces unites specialists from architecture, acoustic engineering and the social sciences to encourage closer analysis of the sound environments within places of worship. Gathering a wide range of case studies set in Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East and Africa, the...
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  • Queen of Carmel: The Shrine of the Báb 1850 - 2011 A story in photographs by Day, Michael V.
    Michael V. Day

    Queen of Carmel: The Shrine of the B畸 1850 - 2011 A story in photographs

    This book is an illustrated guide to events that led to today's spectacular vision of the Shrine of the B b and its garden terraces on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. For members of the Bah ' Faith around the world, the Shrine is...
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  • Building Faith: A Sociology of Religious Structures by Brenneman, Robert
    Robert Brenneman

    Building Faith: A Sociology of Religious Structures

    The social sciences have mostly ignored the role of physical buildings in shaping the social fabric of communities and groups. Although the emerging field of the sociology of architecture has started to pay attention to physical structures, Brenneman and Miller are the first to...
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  • The Making of the Mosque: A Survey of Religious Imperatives by Ayyad, Essam
    Essam Ayyad

    The Making of the Mosque: A Survey of Religious Imperatives

    "In the absence of reliable archaeological evidence, the question of how the mosque was made represents a real challenge. Its origin remains moot despite many attempts to settle the question. This study sets out to explore whether early Islam, within the framework of the...
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  • Come into the Light by McCarthy, Daniel
    Daniel McCarthy

    Come Into the Light: Church Interiors for the Celebration of Liturgy

    Come Into the Light is an illustrated handbook for understanding the architecture of a church and the arrangement of its interior for the celebration of the liturgy. It offers great practical wisdom to all Christian communities as they reflect on their liturgy and on...
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  • New Mosques: Design and Vision by Kleine, Holger
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    New Mosques: Design and Vision

    New Mosques presents the research of 14 interior architect students from RheinMain University in Germany, studying the spatial concepts of mosques. The publication aims to address how contact between Islam and the Western world has impacted the traditional architecture of mosques.Author: Holger KleineISBN-10: 3868593462ISBN-13:...
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  • Landscape of Faith: Interventions Along the Mexican Pilgrimage Route by Bilbao, Tatiana
    Tatiana Bilbao

    Landscape of Faith: Interventions Along the Mexican Pilgrimage Route

    La Ruta del Peregrino (the pilgrimage route) stretches a distance of 117 kilometers through the vast and imposing mountain range of Jalisco, Mexico. Approximately two million people participate each year in this religious phenomenon to meet the Virgin of Talpa as an act of...
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  • Sacred Architecture of London by Pennick, Nigel
    Nigel Pennick

    Sacred Architecture of London

    An exploration into the sacred geometry, spiritual symbols, and emblems that make the churches of London some of the most notable buildings in the city.Author: Nigel PennickISBN-10: 1904658628ISBN-13: 9781904658627Publisher: Aeon BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2012Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d
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  • Secrets of King's College Chapel by Pennick, Nigel
    Nigel Pennick

    Secrets of King's College Chapel

    A historic overview of King's College Chapel and a summary of its construction.Author: Nigel PennickISBN-10: 190465858XISBN-13: 9781904658580Publisher: Aeon BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2012Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 7.96h x 5.06w x 0.38d
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  • Islamic Architecture in Iran: Poststructural Theory and the Architectural History of Iranian Mosques by Khaghani, Saeid
    Saeid Khaghani

    Islamic Architecture in Iran: Poststructural Theory and the Architectural History of Iranian Mosques

    The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a dual division between 'tradition' and 'modernity' - a division which, Saeid Khaghani here argues, has shaped and limited the narrative applied to this architecture. Khaghani introduces and reconsiders the mosques of...
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  • The Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove's Architectural Treasure by Bell, Jr. Wayne T.
    Jr. Wayne T. Bell

    The Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove's Architectural Treasure

    Built in 1894, the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ, stands alone as a distinctive historic structure from the national Camp Meeting movement of the late 1800s. Authors Ted Bell, Cindy Bell and Darrell Dufresne provide a fascinating account of the history and development...
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  • This Old Church by Grumeza, Ion
    Ion Grumeza

    This Old Church

    ""From the squeaky floors to the crumbling towers and from peeling paint to the falling ceiling, parishioners love to talk about any restoration work, as many have already had similar experiences with their own homes. But to move from talking to action is a...
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  • Sacred Havens of Brooklyn: Spiritual Places and Peaceful Grounds by Cook, Terri
    Terri Cook

    Sacred Havens of Brooklyn: Spiritual Places and Peaceful Grounds

    During the nineteenth century, Brooklyn earned the nickname Borough of Churches" as thousands settled here and brought their beliefs with them. Spirituality has always been a major part of life for Brooklynites. Peter Stuyvesant established the Flatbush Dutch Church in 1654, and freed slaves...
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  • Akron Churches: Early Architecture by Mavromatis, Kally
    Kally Mavromatis

    Akron Churches: Early Architecture

    The history of Akron begins with the building of the great Ohio and Erie Canal. The financial incentives offered to workers building the canal brought men from all over to build the great "ditch," and as they and their families settled in Akron, they...
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  • Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 4: Cathedral Sketches for Coloring by Lasley, Alicia
    Alicia Lasley

    Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 4: Cathedral Sketches for Coloring

    Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.4 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedrals and Churches Around The World Series This collection of Beautiful Cathedrals and Churches around the world will captivate and excite all adult Colorists. This...
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  • Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 1: Cathedral Sketches for Coloring by Lasley, Alicia
    Alicia Lasley

    Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 1: Cathedral Sketches for Coloring

    Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.1 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedrals and Churches Around The World Series This collection of Beautiful Cathedrals and Churches around the world will captivate and excite all adult Colorists. This...
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  • Masjid - Selected Mosques From The Islamic World 2 by A. Aziz, Azim
    Azim A. Aziz

    Masjid - Selected Mosques From The Islamic World 2

    A prerequisite for mosque design is that the style of architecture should reflect its purpose, and incorporate both the tangible and intangible features. The former includes the main prayer hall, the mihrab (a semicircular niche), mimbar (pulpit), dikka (muezzin's platform), water troughs and various...
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  • French Cathedrals, Monasteries And Abbeys, And Sacred Sites Of France by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
    Elizabeth Robins Pennell

    French Cathedrals, Monasteries And Abbeys, And Sacred Sites Of France

    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Elizabeth Robins PennellISBN-10: 1445582481ISBN-13: 9781445582481Publisher:...
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  • The Illustrated Handbook Of Architecture V2: Being A Concise And Popular Account Of The Different Styles Of Architecture Prevailing In All Ages And Co by Fergusson, James
    James Fergusson

    The Illustrated Handbook Of Architecture V2: Being A Concise And Popular Account Of The Different Styles Of Architecture Prevailing In All Ages And Co

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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  • Faith of Our Fathers: Religion in Lawrenceville by Wudarczyk, Jude
    Jude Wudarczyk

    Faith of Our Fathers: Religion in Lawrenceville

    Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville has always been a wonderfully diverse neighborhood, and that diversity is obvious in the churches its residents built. Here is the most complete history ever written of the churches of Lawrenceville-some long gone, others still thriving, all with fascinating stories to tell....
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  • Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald
    Dugald Butler

    Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Five Orders Of Architecture: According To Giacomo Barozzio Of Vignola (1891) by Giacomo Barozzio of Vignola
    Giacomo Barozzio of Vignola

    The Five Orders Of Architecture: According To Giacomo Barozzio Of Vignola (1891)

    The Five Orders of Architecture: According to Giacomo Barozzio of Vignola is a book written by Giacomo Barozzio Of Vignola and first published in 1891. The book explores the five classical orders of architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite. These orders are the...
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  • Architectural Engineering, With Especial Reference To High Building Construction: Including Many Examples Of Prominent Office Buildings (1895) by Freitag, Joseph Kendall
    Joseph Kendall Freitag

    Architectural Engineering, With Especial Reference To High Building Construction: Including Many Examples Of Prominent Office Buildings (1895)

    Architectural Engineering, With Especial Reference To High Building Construction: Including Many Examples Of Prominent Office Buildings (1895) is a comprehensive book written by Joseph Kendall Freitag. The book focuses on the field of architectural engineering and its application in the construction of high-rise buildings....
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  • Characteristics Of Old Church Architecture Etc. In The Mainland And Western Islands Of Scotland (1861) by Muir, Thomas Scott
    Thomas Scott Muir

    Characteristics Of Old Church Architecture Etc. In The Mainland And Western Islands Of Scotland (1861)

    ""Characteristics Of Old Church Architecture Etc. In The Mainland And Western Islands Of Scotland"" is a book written by Thomas Scott Muir in 1861. The book is a detailed study of the old church architecture found in the mainland and western islands of Scotland....
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  • Architectural Notes on German Churches: With Remarks on the Origin of Gothic Architecture by Whewell, William
    William Whewell

    Architectural Notes on German Churches: With Remarks on the Origin of Gothic Architecture

    A tutor of mathematics at Cambridge, William Whewell (1794-1866) mostly published on mechanics. He became professor of mineralogy in 1828, Knightbridge professor of moral philosophy in 1838, and master of Trinity College in 1841. This work is unusual among his writings for its focus...
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  • Dover Priory: A History of the Priory of St Mary the Virgin, and St Martin of the New Work by Haines, Charles Reginald
    Charles Reginald Haines

    Dover Priory: A History of the Priory of St Mary the Virgin, and St Martin of the New Work

    Originally published in 1930, this book gives an overview of the rich history of Dover Priory from its foundation during the Saxon period until its dissolution in 1538. The text is accompanied by pictures of the abbey, its surroundings, and its artifacts. The appendices...
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  • Architecture of the Sacred: Space, Ritual, and Experience from Classical Greece to Byzantium by Wescoat, Bonna D.
    Bonna D. Wescoat

    Architecture of the Sacred: Space, Ritual, and Experience from Classical Greece to Byzantium

    In this book, a distinguished team of authors explores the way space, place, architecture, and ritual interact to construct sacred experience in the historical cultures of the eastern Mediterranean. Essays address fundamental issues and features that enable buildings to perform as spiritually transformative spaces...
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  • Religious Architecture in Louisiana by Heck, Robert
    Robert Heck

    Religious Architecture in Louisiana

    An enormous number of churches and other religious structures have been built in Louisiana over the past 250 years, many of which still stand. Today, in New Orleans alone, there are more than 850 churches representing more than seventy denominations. The state's religious buildings...
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  • Architecture, Mysticism and Myth by Lethaby, W. R.
    W. R. Lethaby

    Architecture, Mysticism and Myth

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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  • High Gothic: The Classic Cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, Amiens by Jantzen, Hans
    Hans Jantzen

    High Gothic: The Classic Cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, Amiens

    This engaging study introduces the reader to one of the greatest achievements of Western art: the climactic phase of Gothic architecture in the first half of the thirteenth century. Through a comparative analysis of the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Amiens, the author illuminates...
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  • Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres: A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity by Adams, Henry
    Henry Adams

    Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres: A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity

    This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding...
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  • Building a Public Judaism: Synagogues and Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century Europe by Coenen Snyder, Saskia
    Saskia Coenen Snyder

    Building a Public Judaism: Synagogues and Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century Europe

    Nineteenth-century Europe saw an unprecedented rise in the number of synagogues. Building a Public Judaism considers what their architecture and the circumstances surrounding their construction reveal about the social progress of modern European Jews. Looking at synagogues in four important centers of Jewish life--London,...
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  • Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia by Rodley, Lyn
    Lyn Rodley

    Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia

    This is a fully illustrated account, first published in 1985, of the rock-cut monasteries, hermitages and other complexes in Cappadocia (central Anatolia, in Turkey). These were cut into soft volcanic rock, mostly during the ninth to eleventh centuries, when the area formed part of...
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  • The Symbolism of Medieval Churches: An Introduction by Spurrell, Mark
    Mark Spurrell

    The Symbolism of Medieval Churches: An Introduction

    The Symbolism of Medieval Churches: An Introduction explores the ways in which the medieval church building and key features of it were used as symbols, particularly to represent different relationships within the Church and the virtues of the Christian life. This book introduces the...
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  • Henry Holiday: His Stained Glass Windows for Gilded Age New York by Bryant, George B.
    George B. Bryant

    Henry Holiday: His Stained Glass Windows for Gilded Age New York

    Henry Holiday (1839-1927) was a polymath who counted figures such as Lewis Carroll, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, and Emmeline Pankhurst as his friends. Most significantly, he was unquestionably one of the greatest stained-glass artists of the Victorian-Edwardian period, yet his considerable achievements have not...
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  • A Tale of Two Stūpas: Diverging Paths in the Revival of Buddhism in China by Welter, Albert
    Albert Welter

    A Tale of Two Stūpas: Diverging Paths in the Revival of Buddhism in China

    Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, and the surrounding environs have one of the richest Buddhist cultures in China. In A Tale of Two Stūpas, Albert Welter tells the story of Hangzhou Buddhism through the conceptions, erections, and resurrections of Yongming Stupa, dedicated to...
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  • Revelations of Byzantium: The Monasteries and Painted Churches of Northern Moldavia by Ogden, Alan
    Alan Ogden

    Revelations of Byzantium: The Monasteries and Painted Churches of Northern Moldavia

    The monasteries and painted churches of Moldavia stand today as a testament to the rich cultural and spiritual heritage of the Romanian people. These monuments, unique in the world, reflect a cultural legacy inherited from Byzantium and the Roman Empire. After the fall of...
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  • Global Gothic: Gothic Church Buildings in the 20th and 21st Centuries by Borngässer, Barbara
    Barbara Borng舖ser

    Global Gothic: Gothic Church Buildings in the 20th and 21st Centuries

    Although largely overlooked in studies of architectural history, church architecture in a Gothic idiom outlived its 19th century momentum to persist worldwide throughout the 20th century and into the new millennium.Global Gothic presents a first systematic worldwide understanding of "Gothic" in contemporary architecture, both...
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  • Architectural Ornamentation in Shrines & Mosques of Kashmir by Bukhari, Qamoos
    Qamoos Bukhari

    Architectural Ornamentation in Shrines & Mosques of Kashmir

    Richly designed with beautiful images and illustrations, this edition, published in collaboration with INTACH Kashmir Chapter, is a celebration of architectural ornamentation in shrines and mosques of one of the most beautiful regions of India. The book is also a study to understand the...
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