Architecture - Buildings - Religious

"There cannot be many places in the world that produce so profound an effect upon the mind, the imagination, and the sense of beauty as." Which place is Walter Cranston Larned about to describe? The Cathedral of Amiens? The Chateau of Langeais? The Cathedral...

Uncover the hidden history beneath London's streets in this exploration of its crypts, catacombs, and burial vaults.Have you ever wondered what lies beneath your feet in an ancient church or graveyard? This intriguing journey explores London's most fascinating vaults, crypts, and catacombs, revealing their...

""The Cathedral Churches of England and Wales: Their History, Architecture, and Monuments"" is a comprehensive book written by William John Loftie in 1892. The book provides a detailed account of the history, architecture, and monuments of the cathedral churches in England and Wales. Loftie's...

""The Genesis of Art Form: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics"" is a book written by George Lansing Raymond and originally published in 1893. The book explores the origins and development of art forms across different cultures and time periods, with a focus on comparing...

Journey through the "England of My Heart - Spring" with Edward Hutton as your guide. This meticulously prepared reprint invites you to explore the historical and cultural landscape of England, focusing on its magnificent cathedrals. Delve into the rich tapestry of English history through...

Second in a series of invaluable and straightforward pocket guides to the 'living' medieval churches of Norfolk, that will help the church visitor to understand the universal features of churches as well as those unique to each different area. The profusion of medieval churches...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church Of Ely: A History And Description Of The Building With A Short Account Of The Former Monastery And Of The See This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation...

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church Of Ripon: A Short History Of The Church & A Description Of Its Fabric This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In...

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church Of Chichester: A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of...

Why does one doorway feel like an invitation to step carefully, while another is just an opening in a wall? Why do some rooms carry a hush even when they are full? This book explores how sacred architecture quietly shapes spiritual experience long before...

The centrality of Jerusalem in Christian spirituality has been expressed in a spectrum of material and visual manifestations since biblical times. The present volume is a collection of studies centered on Jerusalem's physical presence in Europe, manifested through architecturally defined, spatial representations of the...

This first volume of the final publication of the results of the Belgian Mission to Shanhur concerns the decoration of the inner rooms of the temple, and most notably of the sanctuary (built in the time of Augustus) and the wabet (decorated under Caligula)....

Author: L'Erma Di BretschneiderISBN-10: 889131479XISBN-13: 9788891314796Publisher: L'Erma Di BretschneiderLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2017Pages: 244Format: Paperback

Author: Bogdan ZurawskiISBN-10: 8375433713ISBN-13: 9788375433715Publisher: Iksio PanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2014Pages: 374Format: Paperback

Author: Wlodzimierz GodlewskiISBN-10: 832350167XISBN-13: 9788323501671Publisher: ArcheobooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2006Pages: 175Format: Hardcover

Title on added t.p.: Katedra w Starej Dongoli i poprzedzajnace jna budowle.Author: Przemyslaw GartkiewiczISBN-10: 8301044594ISBN-13: 9788301044596Publisher: ArcheobooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/1990Pages: 326Format: Hardcover

This book represents the first complete study of the octagonal churches of Late Antiquity (ca. 300-600 C.E.). Starting with the origins of the type found in small funerary chapels of the fourth century, the book examines the physical and literary evidence for 35 churches...

Art history has often attempted to understand past cultures through an investigation of the most elaborate parts of their artistic legacy. However, in times of an increased interest in anthropological, socio-historical questions, the apprehension of the material legacy of past cultures in general becomes...

This book represents the first detailed study of Byzantine churches on the island of Sardinia. The buildings are described and analyzed in detail both individually and as a group. Many of these churches are cruciform in plan and possess a dome. The book includes...

Over 3,000 churches were built in Poland between 1945 and 1989, despite the socialist state's hostility towards religion. We call this Day-VII Architecture. Built by parishioners from scavenged or pinched materials, the churches were at once an expression of faith and a form of...

Author: Constantin Beyer,Heinrich MagiriusISBN-10: 3795451353ISBN-13: 9783795451356Publisher: Schnell & SteinerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2013Pages: 36Format: Paperback

Author: Athanassios MailisISBN-10: 3795435609ISBN-13: 9783795435608Publisher: Romisch-Germanisches ZentralmuseumLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2020Pages: 156Format: Hardcover

Urnes is the oldest and best known of the Norwegian stave churches. Despite its rich sculptural program, complex building history, fine medieval furnishings, and UNESCO World Heritage Site status, Urnes has attracted scant scholarly attention beyond Scandinavia. Broadly speaking, the church has been seen...

Through careful analysis of the Romanesque cathedral of Molfetta (in Apulia, southern Italy), Williams demonstrates how the commercial boom of the medieval Mediterranean changed the way churches were funded, designed, and built. The young bishopric of Molfetta, emerging in an economy of long-distance trade,...

Considered the most important French Renaissance church, Saint-Eustache in Paris has long remained an enigma. What new circumstances allowed its parishioners, long desirous of a new church, suddenly to begin buiding it 1532? Did Francis I play a role? Was the obscure Jean Delamarre...

At the eastern confines of Latin Christendom, between the Levantine Crusader states, Byzantium, and Islam, the Lusignan kingdom of Cyprus (1192-1489) was home to a rich and diverse array of Gothic ecclesiastical structures, significant remains of which are still to be seen today. From...

By the time of its completion in 1621, the former Jesuit church in Antwerp was one of the most brilliant achievements in the Southern Netherlands, particularly due to the ceiling paintings after Rubens' designs and his two altarpieces. Nevertheless, from the seventeenth century to...

The Santa Maria Antiqua Complex in the Forum in Rome was probably established at the foot of the Palatine Hill in the 6th century. Over the following 600 years it was decorated with a unique series of frescoes bearing evidence of imperial, papal and...

This author analyzes the Renaissance rebuilding of Saint Peter's basilica as a mirror of the political fortunes of the papacy. The project to revitalize the basilica as the center of a resurgent Church proceeded in step with the goal to reassert papal authority across...

This book presents in word and image the facade of Orvieto Cathedral, the reliefs of which are considered to be among the most beautiful andpowerful of the Trecento. The town of Orvieto, located half-way between Rome and Florence, played an important and strategic role...

This is a generously illustrated and enjoyable guide to Christ Church Cathedral, a place of worship in the centre of Dublin for almost 1,000 years. From Viking boxes to medieval manuscripts, mummified animals to elaborate stone carvings, Christ Church Cathedral has been the repository...

Each year in the United States, hundreds of religious buildings and schools become vacant or underutilized as congregations and populations merge, move, or diminish. These structures are often well located, attractive, eligible for tax credits, and available for redevelopment. In this practical and innovative...

Offering a broad overview of memorialization practices across Europe and the Mediterranean, this book examines local customs through particular case studies. These essays explore complementary themes through the lens of commemorative art, including social status; personal and corporate identities; the intersections of mercantile, intellectual,...

This beautifully illustrated history of Safavid Isfahan (1501-1722) explores the architectural and urban forms and networks of socio-cultural action that reflected a distinctly early-modern and Perso-Shi'i practice of kingship.An immense building campaign, initiated in 1590-91, transformed Isfahan from a provincial, medieval, and largely Sunni...

Edinburgh has a unique history, darker and more unexpected than you might imagine. Fortunately, it also has a set of graveyards to match. Ancient, modern, beautiful, haunted - they are the perfect reflection of the city's amazing past with astonishing stories of their own....

The Anglican church of St. Saviour's and its former parsonage, in the historic Hampshire parish of Mortimer West End, lie on the northern shoulder of the valley of the eastward-draining West End Brook that dissects an extensive plateau underlain by the Pleistocene Silchester Gravel...

The building process of the Egyptian pyramids has been the subject of many publications. However, a thorough review of this literature reveals that only certain aspects of this process have been studied in isolation, without taking into account the interaction between various activities involved,...

It was destined for an event that was not only historic and public, but also sacred. The design was tasked to be temporary yet permanent and humble yet noble. Deliverables included plans, elevations, D digital and physical models, and a prayer to win. In...

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...

This multi-disciplinary study of early archetypal Brahmanic, Hindu and Buddhist temple architectures examines how the styles from northwest India were adapted as they spread into Southeast Asia. It unravels the specifically compositional and architectural linkages along the trading routes of South and Southeast Asia,...

""Elementary Remarks On Church Architecture"" is a book written by John Medley in 1841. The book is a comprehensive guide for anyone interested in the design and construction of churches. It covers various aspects of church architecture, including the history of church design, the...