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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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  • Chartres Cathedral, Gaudí and the Sagrada Família

    by Josep Maria Tarragona ...
    Chartres Cathedral and the Sagrada Familia are emanations of the same idea: celestial Jerusalem. There are deep similarities between the two temples, with intrinsic messages that are usually ignored. Gaudí was inspired by Chartres Cathedral to design and build the Sagrada Família. He and the Maitre de Chartes were two architects working in the same artistic and spiritual tradition, separated by ... Read more

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  • Hassan Fathy and Continuity in Islamic Arts and Architecture

    The Birth of a New Modern

    by Ahmad Hamid ...
    Hassan Fathy, the Egyptian architect known for his recognition of the potential of vernacular forms as a vital force in contemporary architectural design, sought to integrate the traditions of Islamic art with his modern visions for living. Guided by Fathy's principles, Ahmad Hamid, an architect who collaborated with Hassan Fathy in the Institute for Appropriate Technology, identifies questions ... Read more

    $28.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • The Archaeology of Churches

    by Professor Warwick Rodwell ...
    Churches are Britain’s most completely surviving class of historic monument. They are also usually the oldest buildings within their settlements. As such, these structures, from parish church to cathedral, from medieval to Georgian, are a huge architectural and archaeological resource. The last couple of decades have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge of public interest in the historic environment ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Persian Art

    Splendors of Iran’s artistic and cultural heritage

    by Vladimir Lukonin, Anatoly Ivanov ...
    Housed in the Hermitage Museum along with other institutes, libraries, and museums in Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union are some of the most magnificent treasures of Persian Art. For the most part, many of these works have been lost, but have been catalogued and published here for the first time with an unsurpassed selection of colour plates. In a comprehensive introduction, ... Read more

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  • 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

  • Unlocking the Church

    The lost secrets of Victorian sacred space

    by William Whyte ...
    The Victorians built tens of thousands of churches in the hundred years between 1800 and 1900. Wherever you might be in the English-speaking world, you will be close to a Victorian built or remodelled ecclesiastical building. Contemporary experience of church buildings is almost entirely down to the zeal of Victorians such as John Henry Newman, Henry Wilberforce and Augustus Pugin, and their ideas ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • The Spiritual Meaning of Rosslyn's Carvings

    A Journey Round the Chapel

    by Jackie Queally ...
    This guide is written by the original established external guide to Rosslyn Chapel. and is based on several years of experience garnered long before popular interest in Rosslyn intensified. The author extends her unique basic tour by giving more explicit information on several aspects, including the Reshel, a body of knowledge that was known to the ancients and utilized by an inner core of ... Read more

    $13.29 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

  • Space and Muslim Urban Life

    At the Limits of the Labyrinth of Fez

    by Simon O'Meara ...
    Series series Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
    This book develops academic understanding of Muslim urban space by pursuing the structural logic of the premodern Arab-Muslim city, or medina. With particular reference to The Book of Walls, an historical discourse of Islamic law whose primary subject is the wall, the book determines the meaning of a wall and then uses it to analyze the space of Fez.One of a growing number of studies to address ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Lone Star Steeples

    Historic Places of Worship in Texas

    by Pixie Christensen ...
    Series Book 15 - Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series
    In Lone Star Steeples: Historic Places of Worship in Texas, Carl J. Christensen Jr. and Pixie Christensen present sixty-five captivating and historically significant structures in exquisite watercolor illustrations accompanied by brief summaries and convenient, handcrafted maps. Ranging from stately edifices of brick and stone located in urban centers to more humble wood-frame chapels in rural ... Read more

    $8.99 USD