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  • The Magnificent Seven

    London's First Landscaped Cemeteries

    by John Turpin, Derrick Knight ...
    A ring of spectacular cemeteries, developed at the edges of London in the decade from 1832, have long been referred to as The Magnificent Seven. At the time, they set a new aesthetic for the burial of the dead, and remain rich in social history and beauty to this day. It was entrepreneurs, rather than the religious authorities, who responded to the squalor of the City's brimming churchyards by fi ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Medieval Church Architecture

    by Jon Cannon ...
    Series Book 718 - Shire Library
    Britain is a treasure trove of medieval architecture.Almost every village and town in the land has a church that was built during the period, whose history is legible – to those who know how to look – in every arch, capital, roof vault, and detail of window tracery. By learning how to identify the stylistic phases that resulted from shifts in architectural fashion, it is possible to date each part ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Civilizing the Museum

    The Collected Writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian

    by Elaine Heumann Gurian ...
    Written over a thirty-five year career, the essays in Civilizing the Museum introduce students to the powerful, sometimes contested, and often unrealized notion that museums should welcome all because they house the collective memory of all.Drawing on her experience working in and with museums in the US and throughout the world, Author Elaine Heumann Gurian explores the possibilities for making ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Stained Glass

    by Roger Rosewell ...
    Series Book 686 - Shire Library
    The stained glass windows of England's cathedrals and churches are masterpieces of colour and storytelling, and for a thousand years they have brought meaning and beauty to worshippers and visitors alike. This book traces the history of stained glass from its Anglo-Saxon origins until the present day, explaining how some of Europe's greatest artists have created these unique 'paintings with light' ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Art of Islam

    Sacred beauty and artistic traditions of Islamic culture

    by Gaston Migeon, Henri Saladin ...
    Islamic art is not the art of a nation or of a people, but that of a religion: Islam. Spreading from the Arabian Peninsula, the proselyte believers conquered, in a few centuries, a territory spreading from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Multicultural and multi-ethnical, this polymorphic and highly spiritual art, in which all representation of Man and God were prohibited, developed canons and ... Read more

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  • England's Other Cathedrals

    by Paul Jeffery ...
    England's great cathedrals are widely considered to be the country's finest and most beautiful possessions. Few people realise, however, that in addition to these famous buildings there are many others that share, or once shared, some of that greatness. These 'other cathedrals' have very varied origins. There were cathedrals established in Anglo-Saxon times that subsequently lost that status. ... Read more

    $22.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Islamic Architecture on the Move

    Motion and Modernity

    by Christiane Gruber, Mohammad Gharipour ...
    Series Book 2 - Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East
    Even a casual observer can spy traces of Islamic architecture and design on buildings all over the world, a reminder that artistic traditions and visual culture have never been limited to their region or country of origin, but rather are highly diffusible.This book brings together scholars from architectural studies, design, art history and other fields to challenge and expand concepts of Islamic ... Read more

    $69.19 USD

  • Building a Public Judaism

    Synagogues and Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century Europe

    by Saskia Coenen Snyder ...
    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, Amsterdam, Paris, and Berlin—Saskia Coenen Snyder argues that the process of ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • The Transnational Mosque

    Architecture and Historical Memory in the Contemporary Middle East

    by Kishwar Rizvi ...
    Series series Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
    Kishwar Rizvi, drawing on the multifaceted history of the Middle East, offers a richly illustrated analysis of the role of transnational mosques in the construction of contemporary Muslim identity. As Rizvi explains, transnational mosques are structures built through the support of both government sponsorship, whether in the home country or abroad, and diverse transnational networks. By ... Read more

    $18.99 USD