Ajanta: History and Development, Volume 6 Defining Features
ISBN: 9789004180154 / Angielski / Twarda / 482 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 6, in Walter Spink's detailed analysis of the creation and development of the Ajanta caves, during the reign of the emperor Harisena (c.460-c.477) has had a profound and often upsetting impact on the understanding of Indian history in the so-called Golden Age. The author contends that through the discipline of Art History one can in fact change the established view of cultural developments in the crucial "Classic Age" (5th Century CE). One of his major aims is to prove that it was the Vakatakas, under the emperor Harisena, and not the Guptas, that brought Indian culture to its apogee...
Volume 6, in Walter Spink's detailed analysis of the creation and development of the Ajanta caves, during the reign of the emperor Harisena (c.460-c.4...
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796,98 zł |
Jews and the Renaissance of Synagogue Architecture, 1450-1730
ISBN: 9781848933637 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before the mid-fifteenth century, the Christian and Islamic governments of Europe had restricted the architecture and design of synagogues and often prevented Jews from becoming architects. Stiefel presents a study of the material culture and religious architecture that this era produced.
Before the mid-fifteenth century, the Christian and Islamic governments of Europe had restricted the architecture and design of synagogues and often p...
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Gothic Cathedrals: A Guide to the History, Places, Art, and Symbolism
ISBN: 9780892541737 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cross the threshold into the world of the High Middle Ages and explore the illuminating wisdom, beauty and art of the Gothic cathedrals, stunning wonders of the medieval era for all to see today. From bejewelled stained glass windows to a pilgrimage "on the road" to Compostela, the wonders of Gothic architecture continue to inspire many worldwide. From the 12th century, the Gothic architectural style continued to spread throughout Europe. Highly-regarded medievalist Dr. Karen Ralls explores the legacy of this exquisite architectural period, whose artistic beauty and expert craftsmanship... Cross the threshold into the world of the High Middle Ages and explore the illuminating wisdom, beauty and art of the Gothic cathedrals, stunning w... |
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The Collected Letters of A. W. N. Pugin: Volume V: 1851-1852
ISBN: 9780198713913 / Angielski / Twarda / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The importance of A. W. N. Pugin (1812-52) in architecture and design in England and beyond is incontestable. The leading architect of the Gothic Revival, Pugin is one of the most significant figures of the mid-nineteenth century and one of the greatest designers. His correspondence furnishes more insight into the man and more information about his work than any other source.
This volume, the last of five, contains letters from 1851 and the first months of 1852; after that, Pugin's health failed and he died in September. In the great event of the period, the international exhibition held... The importance of A. W. N. Pugin (1812-52) in architecture and design in England and beyond is incontestable. The leading architect of the Gothic Revi...
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Churches and Cathedrals
ISBN: 9781910169018 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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121,37 zł |
The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Comprising an Essay on the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of I
ISBN: 9781108079860 / Angielski / Miękka / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following in the footsteps of his father, George Petrie (1790 1866) devoted his early life to art. However, as he toured Ireland and painted historic monuments, his interest in his country's antiquities began to grow, and his research into the origin and uses of Irish round towers would help cement his reputation as a founding father of Irish archaeology. This second edition of his major work appeared in 1845, the same year as the first. It expands on his earlier essay on the same topic, which had won him a gold medal from the Royal Irish Academy in 1833. Petrie's illustrated study refuted...
Following in the footsteps of his father, George Petrie (1790 1866) devoted his early life to art. However, as he toured Ireland and painted historic ...
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425,05 zł |
Islamic Art: Close-Up
ISBN: 9780714111896 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This stunning book offers an exceptional view of design, workmanship and craft in paintings and manuscripts, calligraphy, metalwork, ceramics, jade, glass, wood and ivory. The book opens with an explanation of the characteristics common to artistic creativity stretching back to the seventh century, from Spain to Indonesia. Works of superlative quality are then organised into chapters relating to central themes such as religion and belief, the supernatural and natural worlds, feasting, the hunt, war, music and power. The author explores each magnificent artwork in turn, providing cultural...
This stunning book offers an exceptional view of design, workmanship and craft in paintings and manuscripts, calligraphy, metalwork, ceramics, jade, g...
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67,37 zł |
The Spiritual Meaning of Rosslyn's Carvings
ISBN: 9780993051241 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique guide to Rosslyn Chapel just south of Edinburgh in Scotland acquaints the visitor well to the deeper meanings portrayed by the intricate carvings the chapel contains. Based on several years guiding visitors round the chapel before popular interest intensified, the author was the first external guide to Rosslyn. There is explicit information on several aspects of the chapel's carvings and architectural layout, including the Reshe, which is a vast body of sacred knowledge known by ancient cultures and utilized here by an inner core of Knights Templar. The Reshel is a dynamic system...
This unique guide to Rosslyn Chapel just south of Edinburgh in Scotland acquaints the visitor well to the deeper meanings portrayed by the intricate c...
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119,72 zł |
The Temple Complex at Horvat Omrit: Volume 1: The Architecture
ISBN: 9789004250635 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume One of The Temple Complex at Horvat Omrit presents a detailed examination of the surviving architecture of the three Roman period temple phases at the newly excavated sanctuary at the archaeological site of Omrit in northern Israel. All three temples were built according to the Corinthian order and the author describes and illustrates the state of the remains, proposes reconstructions of each phase, and places each temple in the broader historical context.
Volume One of The Temple Complex at Horvat Omrit presents a detailed examination of the surviving architecture of the three Roman period temple...
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853,91 zł |
Spectacular Cities: Religion, Landscape, and the Dialectics of Globalization
ISBN: 9780199465132 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Plenty has been written on globalization to understand what it is. However, scholarship on globalization tends to segment it into either economic globalization in the form of flows of capital, investment, and goods; cultural globalization in the form of fast food, Barbie dolls, and migrant landscapes; or political globalization, in the form of erosion of the nation state. This book explores spectacular landscapes of the Akshardham temples in Gandhinagar and Delhi in India, and Atlanta, Dallas, Houston in the U.S.to understand globalization as it unfolds in a culture-economy synthesis....
Plenty has been written on globalization to understand what it is. However, scholarship on globalization tends to segment it into either economic glob...
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Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 1: Cathedral Sketches for Coloring
ISBN: 9781530167760 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.1 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedrals and Churches Around The World Series This collection of Beautiful Cathedrals and Churches around the world will captivate and excite all adult Colorists. This Book Contains: - Over 40 Sketches of Famous Cathedrals and Churches for coloring - Designed Both in Portrait and Landscape pages - Printed on the front of Pages only for easy coloring and displaying. You don't Need to worry about bleed-through if you use markers or...
Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.1 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedra...
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Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 2: Cathedral Sketches for Coloring
ISBN: 9781530167814 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.2 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedrals and Churches Around The World Series This collection of Beautiful Cathedrals and Churches around the world will captivate and excite all adult Colorists. This Book Contains: - Over 40 Sketches of Famous Cathedrals and Churches for coloring - Designed Both in Portrait and Landscape pages - Printed on the front of Pages only for easy coloring and displaying. You don't Need to worry about bleed-through if you use markers or...
Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.2 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedra...
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Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 3: Cathedral Sketches for Coloring
ISBN: 9781530167920 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.3 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedrals and Churches Around The World Series This collection of Beautiful Cathedrals and Churches around the world will captivate and excite all adult Colorists. This Book Contains: - Over 40 Sketches of Famous Cathedrals and Churches for coloring - Designed Both in Portrait and Landscape pages - Printed on the front of Pages only for easy coloring and displaying. You don't Need to worry about bleed-through if you use markers or...
Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.3 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedra...
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Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 4: Cathedral Sketches for Coloring
ISBN: 9781530167937 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.4 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedrals and Churches Around The World Series This collection of Beautiful Cathedrals and Churches around the world will captivate and excite all adult Colorists. This Book Contains: - Over 40 Sketches of Famous Cathedrals and Churches for coloring - Designed Both in Portrait and Landscape pages - Printed on the front of Pages only for easy coloring and displaying. You don't Need to worry about bleed-through if you use markers or...
Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.4 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedra...
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Churchscape: Megachurches and the Iconography of Environment
ISBN: 9781481303835 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Buildings and landscapesare as much a part of the Christian church as its creeds reflecting the faith and proclaiming God. The architecture of the church sstructures and the curating of its groundsare unique windows into the church s history and the shape of its theological commitments.Birthed in the iconoclastic spirit of the Reformation, the scapes of Protestant churcheshave experienced massive shifts in design and scope. From humble beginnings small buildings and cemeteries churches today can occupy thousands of square feet across hundreds of acres. The modern megachurch, with... Buildings and landscapesare as much a part of the Christian church as its creeds reflecting the faith and proclaiming God. The architecture of the ... |
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Sanktuaria i miejsca kultu w Polsce
ISBN: 9788377404102 / Polski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. W niniejszej książce przedstawiono najpopularniejsze sanktuaria i miejsca pielgrzymkowe, a także te mniej znane, ale równie bardzo ciekawe. Stanowią one niejednokrotnie cenne zabytki, pełne skarbów malarstwa, rzeźby, kowalstwa artystycznego czy snycerki. Przyciągają zatem turystów, szczególnie że historia sanktuariów może być jednocześnie lekcją historii, architektury czy kultury.
W niniejszej książce przedstawiono najpopularniejsze sanktuaria i miejsca pielgrzymkowe, a także te mniej znane, ale równie bardzo ciekawe. Stanow...
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Ludźmierz. Sanktuarium Matki Bożej...
ISBN: 9788360569924 / Polski / Twarda / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jest na Podhalu jedno miejsce z taką historią i otoczone wielką miłością Górali – Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Ludźmierskiej, Gaździny Podhala. W 1234 roku uzyskano zgodę na wybudowanie kościoła, powstała pierwsza parafia na tym terenie i zaczęła się akcja osadnicza na Podhalu. Cystersi, którym przekazano tę fundację, przebywali tu krótko, lecz Ludźmierz był ich placówką aż do roku 1824. Ten ubarwiony licznymi fotografiami album ukazuje fascynującą i bogatą historię tego miejsca oraz wartość i piękno Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Ludźmierskiej, Królowej Podhala.
Jest na Podhalu jedno miejsce z taką historią i otoczone wielką miłością Górali – Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Ludźmierskiej, Gaździny Podhala....
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Akron Churches: Early Architecture
ISBN: 9781531632472 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of Akron begins with the building of the great Ohio and Erie Canal. The financial incentives offered to workers building the canal brought men from all over to build the great "ditch," and as they and their families settled in Akron, they also began to build magnificent churches and cathedrals that became the heart of their communities. With roots stretching back to the early 1800s, many of the churches that stand today are more than a century old and in many instances are the second or third church to be built by their congregations. Each successive church more grand than the...
The history of Akron begins with the building of the great Ohio and Erie Canal. The financial incentives offered to workers building the canal brought...
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140,07 zł |
American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow: Building Churches for the Future, 1925-1975
ISBN: 9780226561028 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How to reconcile our idea of the traditional conservatism of Catholicism with the many modernist churches built in the middle of the twentieth century? Osborne shows how, finding links between postwar theology and architectural ambition.
How to reconcile our idea of the traditional conservatism of Catholicism with the many modernist churches built in the middle of the twentieth century...
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Making Property Serve Mission: Re-thinking the Church's Buildings for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780995387508 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you are a church leader looking to construct a new building, seeking to adapt or enlarge your property or facing the reduction or liquidation of your buildings, Making Property Serve Mission is the definitive resource you are looking for. Opening with a compelling discussion of the Christian church's core business, architect Fred Batterton considers different types of church property and their impact on mission, enabling us to assess whether our church buildings are a help or a hindrance. Drawing on his wealth of expertise Fred Batterton then explores with us the... If you are a church leader looking to construct a new building, seeking to adapt or enlarge your property or facing the reduction or liquidation of... |
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122,56 zł |