How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Christian Architecture

ISBN-13: 9781408128367 / Miękka / 2011 / 256 str.

Dr Denis R. McNamara

Opis

This work provides a visual approach to reading the architecture of the church. Covering all the building types of Western Christianity, readers will be taken on a journey tracing the development of the church building from the simple stone halls of the Anglo-Saxon period right to the eclectic designs of the 19th century.

Spis treści

IntroductionBuilding TypesChurch TypesA Grammar of StylesMaterialsFloor PlansThe NaveApses & SanctuariesChoirs & StallsVaulting & ButtressesDomes & CupolasFaçades & PortalsBaptisteries & FontsWindows & TraceryTowers & SpiresAltars & TabernaclesStained GlassOrnaments & SymbolsGlossaryResourcesIndexAcknowledgements

O autorze

Denis R. McNamara holds a BA in the history of art from Yale University and a PhD in architectural history from the University of Virginia. He is the author of two books on Christian architecture and is currently assistant director of The Liturgical Institute, University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Illinois.