Architecture - Buildings - Religious

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...

Explore the architectural marvel and rich history of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City with this meticulously prepared fifth edition guide. Authored by Edward Hagaman Hall, this book serves as an insightful exploration of one of the world's...

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,...

Professor Fernie's research has done much to clarify the development of architecture in England and France from the Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian periods, through the Romanesque to the development of Gothic. Of particular interest has been his studies of architectural proportions and systems of length...

The definitive publication of the Temple of Apollo at Bassai, in the northwest Peloponnese, this is one of four volumes representing the culmination of years of study by Professor Fred Cooper of the University of Minnesota and other scholars throughout the world. An identifiable...

Based on records from Nikolaos Balanos' dismantling and reerection of the temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis (between 1935 and 1939), this volume presents a detailed architectural study of the building's chronology and history.Author: Ira S. MarkISBN-10: 0876615264ISBN-13: 9780876615263Publisher: American School of...

The definitive publication of the Temple of Apollo at Bassai, in the northwest Peloponnese, this is one of four volumes representing the culmination of years of study by Professor Fred Cooper of the University of Minnesota and other scholars throughout the world. An identifiable...

The famous monumental gateway to the Akropolis is a successor to a Mycenaean building. But what did this Bronze Age gateway, in use up to the 5th century B.C., look like, and what did the architect Mnesikles tear down before he started his construction?...

The Hermit's Hut offers an original insight into the profound relationship between architecture and asceticism. Although architecture continually responds to ascetic compulsions, as in its frequent encounter with the question of excess and less, it is typically considered separate from asceticism. In contrast, this...

"Seldom does a collection of art history essays leave readers yearning for a second volume..."--Barbara Wisch, Renaissance Quarterly Roman church interiors throughout the Early Modern age were endowed with rich historical and visual significance. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in anticipation of and...

The Scrovegni Chapel, a masterpiece in the history of painting in Italy and Europe in the 14th century, is considered to be the most complete series of frescoes executed by Giotto in his mature age. Mirabilia Itali is a unique series. It owes its...

Founded probably in the 5th or 6th century, the Cathedral of Genoa was later rebuilt in Romanesque style and devoted to St. Lawrence the martyr. Money came from the successful enterprises of the Genoese fleets in the Crusades. After a fire in 1296, the...

The church of St. Trinitatis, consecrated in 2015, is the largest Catholic church to be built in East Germany since the political turnover of 1989/90. With the compact body of the church on the east and the tower on the west, the architects created...

This book documents the surviving vernacular mosques of Cochin [now Kochi] - the jewel of the trading culture of the Malabar coast of Kerala, and where historic patterns of an urban trading culture remain visible in the buildings and layout of the city. Sited...

Every day millions of people enter public buildings of many forms and functions: Notre-Dame in Paris, Grand Central Station in New York, the British Museum in London, that are decorated with recessed doorways. None of them is likely to be aware that this style...

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...

Since its dedication in 1877, Trinity Church on Copley Square in Boston has been widely regarded as one of the most important and successful monuments of American architecture. It has long been hailed as the cornerstone of the career of America's first celebrity architect,...

Set on a hillside near Cluny, in a region associated with religious institutions and sacred architecture (including Le Corbusier's La Tourette), Le Carmel de la Paix, designed by José Luis Sert, remains tranquilly unvisited and quietly erased from architectural history. Why? This unusual convent...

This work explores European roots and native expressions in American public architecture.Author: Craig ZabelISBN-10: 091577304XISBN-13: 9780915773046Publisher: Department of Art HistoryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/2002Pages: 310Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.31lbsSize: 8.50h x 11.00w x 0.69d

In the late eleventh century, Ethiopian masons hewed great cruciform churches out of mountains in the eastern highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia's northernmost province. Hitherto unparalleled in scale, these monuments were royal foundations, instruments of political centralization and re-Christianization that anticipated the great thirteenth-century churches...

Following the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s, Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars fanned out across the central and southern areas of the country, founding hundreds of mission churches and monasteries to evangelize the Native population. This book documents more than 120...

Most studies of modern Gothic media assume that, beyond the 1830s, modern Gothic architecture and literature had very little in common. The work of Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942), America's most prolific Gothic Revival architect and an author of ghost stories, challenges that assumption. The...

The Temple of Artemis at Sardis, one of the largest Greek temples in the world, is documented in detail in this lavishly illustrated two-volume boxed set by architectural historian Fikret K. Yegül. Begun in the century after the death of Alexander the Great, this...

Churches for the Southwest is the first book to be devoted to his ecclesiastical architecture, which constitutes an important part of his work. During his long career he designed all or part of twenty-two churches-mission churches for Indian pueblos, including Acoma and Laguna; Catholic...

For over a millennium, Durham has occupied a central place in English religious history, with its Norman rebuilding (1093-1133) marking it as an internationally significant masterpiece in the history of architecture. Its setting, perched on a peninsula formed by a bend in the River...

Framing the Church takes a nontraditional approach to the study of the hallmark of French Gothic architecture: the buttress. In a series of case studies spanning approximately five hundred years and incorporating some of Gothic France's most significant monuments, Maile S. Hutterer examines the...

In the wake of the Hundred Years' War, Northern Europe saw a reordering of financial, political, and social institutions and with it a change in architectural style. The church of Saint-Maclou in Rouen, which is the most celebrated example of Late Gothic building in...

In a suburb just north of Philadelphia stands Beth Sholom Synagogue, Frank Lloyd Wright's only synagogue and among his finest religious buildings. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2007, Beth Sholom was one of Wright's last completed projects, and for years it has been...

Today, there are an estimated 3.6 million mosques around the world, which vary enormously in shape, size, and design. Told from an architect's perspective, this book offers an illuminating account of mosques--from the history and setting of significant structures to reflections on identity, modernity,...

Revisiting the plan for the site of Bohm's Mary, Queen of Peace Church provides a new, important perspective for understanding the architect's holistic viewThough the Pilgrimage Church of Mary, Queen of Peace is considered Pritzker Prize winner Gottfried Böhm's most important work, Steffen Kunkel's...

Geschichte ... Der Neu Erbauten Cathol. Kirche Zu St. Hedwig In Berlin chronicles the history of the newly constructed Catholic Church of St. Hedwig in Berlin. This historical account provides insights into the architectural, religious, and social context of the church's construction and early...

This biographical monograph is probably the only pictorial and a narration document about a living architectural legacy, the father of the modernist architecture in Malaysia, Dato' (Dr.) Ar. Hj. Baharuddin Abu Kassim. Born on 1929 in Jeram, Selangor to a Malay-Bugis descent family, Dato'...

Within the last millennium France's Champagne region has ascended two stunning pinnacles of fame and fortune with a long, deep gorge between them. In this book the author traces the history and culture of its highly varied past to its remarkable present. More than...

Heinz Tesar, the well-known Austrian architect, built this church as a spiritual centre, an oasis in the diaspora, for Donau City, a new residential and commercial centre of Vienna.Author: Matthias BoecklISBN-10: 3932565312ISBN-13: 9783932565311Publisher: Axel MengesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/11/2003Pages: 188Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.88lbsSize: 12.08h x 9.74w x...

The Throne Room in Dublin Castle was the ultimate focus of vice-regal ceremony, royal visits and many great state occasions both before and after Irish independence in 1922. It has been a touchstone of British occupation and Irish autonomy that can be analysed through...

Dedicated local author, Michael Richardson has assembled a unique archive of photographs and postcards of Durham which chronicles the history of the city from 1855 into the 1960s. In this, his fourth book on Durham and its people, the author presents hitherto unpublished photographs,...

In America between 1946 and 1953, the German-Jewish architect Eric Mendelsohn planned seven synagogues, of which four were built, all in the Midwest. In this book, photographer Michael Palmer has recorded in exquisite detail Mendelsohn's four built synagogues: Saint Paul, Saint Louis, Cleveland and...

This book explores the theory of landscape and the possibility of conscious inclusion of landscape features in the architecture of rural sanctuaries in the Roman Near East. Concentrating on geographic regions in agriculturally developed areas of the province to narrow the broad topic area,...

Are grave memorials and graveyards as a whole a useful and reliable source for local history? This study demonstrates that the answer must be yes, as it presents a comparative analysis of evidence from churchyards at Wootton Wawen, King's Norton and a range of...

Architectural Rendering In Wash by H. Van Buren Magonigle is a comprehensive guide to creating architectural renderings using wash techniques. The book covers everything from the basics of materials and tools to advanced techniques for creating realistic and detailed renderings.The author begins by discussing...

Many parish churches and chapels are the oldest building in their town or village; some of them may be over a thousand years old. Throughout their long history these pillars of community have usually witnessed change, sometimes beyond recognition. Countless houses of worship bear...

""A Memorial of the Church of St. Mary's, Scarboro"" is a historical and architectural account of the church located in Scarboro, England. Written by Joshua Fawcett and published in 1850, the book provides a detailed description of the church's history, including its founding and...

""A Brief History Of The Glyptic Art And Architecture Of Japan: Together With A Brief Description Of Temples And Shrines"" is a historical account of the art and architecture of Japan, specifically focusing on the art of glyptic. The book was written in 1902...