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Form, Style and Meaning in Byzantine Church Architecture
ISBN: 9780860787792 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using detailed analyses of individual buildings as a point of departure, Professor Buchwald here examines various approaches to Byzantine architectural forms, and raises questions concerning the use of stylistic and other forms of analysis. One group of articles focuses on stylistic currents in Asia Minor, including that of the 13th-century Lascarid dynasty, previously unknown. Others explore methods which appear to have been used in the design of Byzantine churches, such as dimensional a rules of thumba, modular and geometric systems of proportion, and the quadratura, hitherto recognised...
Using detailed analyses of individual buildings as a point of departure, Professor Buchwald here examines various approaches to Byzantine architectura...
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The Post-Byzantine Monuments of the Pontos: A Source Book
ISBN: 9780860788645 / Angielski / Twarda / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume makes available a unique record of the post-Byzantine architecture and buildings - churches primarily, but also monasteries, bridges and schools - of the Pontos, the north-eastern coastlands of Anatolia. The region enjoyed two great periods of prosperity, first expressed in the richness of its buildings from the time of the Empire of Trebizond (1204a 1461), and second in its no less remarkable but barely-known post-Byzantine monuments. This Pontic revival began in the 18th century, under the patronage of the silver-miners and bishops of Chaldia and flourished after the...
This volume makes available a unique record of the post-Byzantine architecture and buildings - churches primarily, but also monasteries, bridges and s...
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The Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina: Art, Iconography and Patronage in Fourteenth Century Naples
ISBN: 9780754634775 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The church of Santa Maria Donna Regina in Naples is a rare example of aristocratic convent architecture in Italy, designed and built for the devotional use of the Clarissan nuns. Its decorative programme rivals that of Giotto's Arena Chapel in Padua in scope, iconographical complexity, and quality of artistic production. The first book in English on this important church, this elegantly written volume is also the first full-scale study to bring together innovative interdisciplinary research on the building. The authors explore themes relating to the architecture, decoration, sculpture,...
The church of Santa Maria Donna Regina in Naples is a rare example of aristocratic convent architecture in Italy, designed and built for the devotiona...
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St. Peter's
ISBN: 9780674063952 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series(Part I and Part II) Built by the decree of Constantine, rebuilt by some of the most distinguished architects in Renaissance Italy, emulated by Hitler's architect in his vision for Germania, immortalized on film by Fellini, and fictionalized by a modern American bestseller, St. Peter's is the most easily recognizable church in the world. This book is a cultural history of one of the most significant structures in the West. It bears the imprint of Bramante, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bernini, and Canova. For... Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series(Part I and Part II) Built by the decree of Constantine, re... |
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Gothic Pride: The Story of Building a Great Cathedral in Newark
ISBN: 9780813552880 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Newark's Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart is one of the United States' greatest cathedrals and most exceptional Gothic Revival buildings. Rising from Newark's highest ground and visible for miles, it spectacularly evokes its historic models. Gothic Pride sets Sacred Heart in the context of American cathedral building and, blending diverse fields, accounts for the complex circumstances that produced it. Calling upon a wealth of primary sources, Brian Regan describes in a compelling narrative the cathedral's almost century-long history. He traces the project to its origins in the...
Newark's Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart is one of the United States' greatest cathedrals and most exceptional Gothic Revival buildings. Rising...
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Gothic Sculpture
ISBN: 9780521131551 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Architecture and sculpture in English churches changed and developed markedly between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries, partly due to the invading French influence on the existing Anglo-Saxon buildings. In this 1927 book, the different categories and forms of foliage sculpture and decoration are subdivided roughly chronologically showing how each form developed from a previous one and the possible influences and reasoning behind the changes. Each stage of growth is explored thoroughly using specific examples, all of which are detailed in the photographs in the second half of the book....
Architecture and sculpture in English churches changed and developed markedly between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries, partly due to the invading...
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Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Period)
ISBN: 9781446513965 / Angielski / Twarda / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the second volume of Percy Brown's comprehensive catalogue of Indian architecture. This volume deals with the development of Hindu and Buddhist architecture in India up to modern times, and comprises the chapters: The Prehistoric And Epic Periods In Art And Religion, Introduction, The Proto-historic Period: The Indus Valley Civilization, The Epic Period: Vedic And Pre-maurya Civilizations, The Epic Period: The Religions Of India, et cetera. This wonderful text can be considered the definitive handbook on the subject, complete with a wealth of information and illustrations of the...
This is the second volume of Percy Brown's comprehensive catalogue of Indian architecture. This volume deals with the development of Hindu and Buddhis...
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194,18 |
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The Dawning of Gods Peace
ISBN: 9781467062824 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Le Mystere Des Cathedrales Et L'Interpretation Esoterique Des Symboles Hermetiques Du Grand-Oeuvre
ISBN: 9781614271857 / Francuski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Nonconformist Places of Worship: Introductions to Heritage Assets
ISBN: 9781848023956 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Nonconformist' has long been used as a description of Protestant Christians in England and Wales who were not part of the Church of England. Among the numerous denominations are the Baptists, Methodists, Quakers and the Salvation Army. By the mid-nineteenth century their chapels and meeting houses, the subject of this brief introduction, outnumbered the buildings of the Church of England's. While many chapels are now disused or have seen conversion, they remain characteristic and often notable buildings in settlements in all parts of the country.
'Nonconformist' has long been used as a description of Protestant Christians in England and Wales who were not part of the Church of England. Among th...
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The Ramachandra Temple at Vijayanagara
ISBN: 9788185425276 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides the Ramachandra temple with a complete description of its architecture, sculpture and inscriptions within an historical mythical and archaeological context. It is extensively illustrated with measured architectural drawings of the temple as well as photographs of each sculptural panel. Full translations of the epigraphs are also provided.
This volume provides the Ramachandra temple with a complete description of its architecture, sculpture and inscriptions within an historical mythical ...
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Religious Architecture in the Czech Republic in the Light of Geophysical Prospection and Archaeological Excavation Bar Is2128
ISBN: 9781407306698 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A representational survey of sites of religious architecture in the present Czech Republic using geophysics and non-destructive archaeological methods. Chapter 1) Introduction; Chapter 2) Basic characteristic features of religious buildings from the 9th to the 18th century in Bohemia and Moravia; Chapter 3) Geophysical Research (including an historical survey of applying geophysical methods in the prospection of religious buildings; fieldwork methodology; other non-destructive methods of prospection); Chapter 4) Discussion of practical results and observations (including church buildings from...
A representational survey of sites of religious architecture in the present Czech Republic using geophysics and non-destructive archaeological methods...
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The Religious Patronage of the Duke of Lerma, 1598-1621
ISBN: 9780754661207 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Introducing fresh archival evidence, author Lisa Banner here demonstrates how Francisco GA3mez de Sandoval y Rojas, first Duke of Lerma, served as a vital link in Habsburg architectural patronage. She traces Lerma's trajectory as, beginning with the ancient royal city of Valladolid, he embarked on a career of renovating or building religious foundations in various towns and cities around seventeenth-century Spain. The unintended consequence of his architectural patronage and involvement was to proliferate the distinctive royal architectural style developed under Philip II, which connected the...
Introducing fresh archival evidence, author Lisa Banner here demonstrates how Francisco GA3mez de Sandoval y Rojas, first Duke of Lerma, served as a v...
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734,66 |
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French Romanesque and Islam
ISBN: 9780860546252 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of the influence of Islamic elements from Andalucia in Spain on French architectural decoration in the period 1030 to 1180. The three main features discussed are: Kufic writing, the lobed arch and roll corbels.
A study of the influence of Islamic elements from Andalucia in Spain on French architectural decoration in the period 1030 to 1180. The three main fea...
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The Temple of Apollo Bassitas IV: Folio Drawings
ISBN: 9780876619490 / Angielski / Twarda / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 work of Iktinos, the architect of the Parthenon, the building exhibits numerous unusual and uncanonical features that heralded a revolution in Greek architectural design. Volume IV contains maps, plans, and drawings in oversize format illustrating volumes I and II.
The definitive publication of the Temple of Apollo at Bassai, in the northwest Peloponnese, this is one of four volumes representing the culmination o...
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Provincial Cilicia and the Archaeology of Temple Conversion
ISBN: 9781841716343 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the advent of Christianity, many symbols of paganism were removed or abandoned, and many public structures and buildings were the first to go. Based on a collated database of more than 350 structures, this study examines the physical evidence for temple conversion from the mid-5th century onwards drawing on examples from the province of Cilicia. Historical and archaeological evidence is combined in Bayliss' analysis of the mechanics, logistics, chronology and socio-political processes involved in the piecemeal or total appropriation of pagan temples. His study raises but does not seek to...
With the advent of Christianity, many symbols of paganism were removed or abandoned, and many public structures and buildings were the first to go. Ba...
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The Master Masons of Chartres
ISBN: 9780646008059 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James' analysis of Chartres is likely to be the best and most detailed we shall have.' JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS The great cathedral of Chartres is the most impressive and exciting building surviving from the middle ages, andis preserved almost intact. Yet we know nothing of the men who created it. John James, in this masterpiece of detection, shows how he came to identify the master masons from the stones themselves. His meticulous reading' of the cathedral has revealed much about those men: how they solved problems of engineering and design, how they raised two-ton stones forty...
James' analysis of Chartres is likely to be the best and most detailed we shall have.' JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS The great cathedral of Char...
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Agency, Visuality and Society at the Chartreuse de Champmol
ISBN: 9780754660460 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Grounded in archival sources, this interdisciplinary study explores the profound historical significance of the mausoleum of the Valois Dukes of Burgundy a the Chartreuse de Champmol. Although the monument is well known as the site of pivotal works of art by Claus Sluter, Melchior Broederlam, Jean de Beaumetz and others, until now art historians have not considered how these works functioned at the center of a complex social matrix. Sherry Lindquist here considers the sacred subjects of the various sculptures and paintings not merely as devotional tools or theological statements, but as...
Grounded in archival sources, this interdisciplinary study explores the profound historical significance of the mausoleum of the Valois Dukes of Burgu...
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773,33 |
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The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul
ISBN: 9780884021650 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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195,65 |
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Altarpieces and Their Viewers in the Churches of Rome from Caravaggio to Guido Reni
ISBN: 9780754661795 / Angielski / Twarda / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A social history of reception, this study focuses on sacred art and Catholicism in Rome during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The five altarpieces examined here were painted by artists who are admired today a Caravaggio, Guercino, and Guido Reni a and by the less renowned but once influential Tommaso Laureti and Andrea Commodi. By shifting attention from artistic intentionality to reception, Pamela Jones reintegrates these altarpieces into the urban fabric of early modern Rome, allowing us to see the five paintings anew through the eyes of their original audiences, both women...
A social history of reception, this study focuses on sacred art and Catholicism in Rome during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The five ...
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759,15 |