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Medieval Masons
ISBN: 9780747804611 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explains in detail the practice of masoncraft in the Middle Ages, using evidence from a number of sources. Monastic chronicles, building contracts and other contemporary documents have already revealed a good deal of information on the subject but less attention has, until now, been paid to archaeological evidence preserved in numerous surviving medieval buildings. Dr. Hislop investigates how a study of certain features in these buildings such as the stonework and building joints can contribute to our knowledge of working practices of masons in medieval England. By focusing on how...
This book explains in detail the practice of masoncraft in the Middle Ages, using evidence from a number of sources. Monastic chronicles, building con...
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45,24 |
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Chartres: Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space
ISBN: 9780863153914 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this ground-breaking new work, Gordon Strachan explores the magnificent structure of Chartres Cathedral and its influences on the medieval master builders. Using Chartres as a starting point, Dr. Strachan shows how the origins of the Gothic style--the pointed arch--may lie in Islamic architecture. He goes on to a fascinating and detailed consideration of how a particular architectural space affects us, and how sacred geometry creates sacred space.
In this ground-breaking new work, Gordon Strachan explores the magnificent structure of Chartres Cathedral and its influences on the medieval master b...
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75,44 |
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The Gothic Screen: Space, Sculpture, and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany, Ca.1200-1400
ISBN: 9781107022959 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure of special complexity, grandeur, and beauty. At once a canopy for altars, a stage for performance, a pedestal for crucifixes and reliquaries, and a ground for spectacular arrays of narrative and iconic sculptures, the choir screen profoundly shaped the spaces of liturgy and social interaction for the diverse communities, both clerical and lay, who shared the church interior. For the first time, this book draws together the most important examples - some fully...
At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure of special comple...
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465,65 |
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Rural Sanctuaries in Roman Syria
ISBN: 9781841717227 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the theory of landscape and the possibility of conscious inclusion of landscape features in the architecture of rural sanctuaries in the Roman Near East. Concentrating on geographic regions in agriculturally developed areas of the province to narrow the broad topic area, Ann Irvine Steinsapir presents a study on the countryside within the investigation of sacred architecture built in the Roman period. Includes chapters on the Hauran; Baetocaece; the limestone Massif; and the Lebanon.
This book explores the theory of landscape and the possibility of conscious inclusion of landscape features in the architecture of rural sanctuaries i...
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251,33 |
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Historic English Churches: A Guide to Their Construction, Design and Features
ISBN: 9781848858077 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Geoffrey R. Sharpe brings more that forty years of experience of managing and caring for historic buildings to provide a unique guide to the design and construction of our historic churches and cathedrals.
Geoffrey R. Sharpe brings more that forty years of experience of managing and caring for historic buildings to provide a unique guide to the design an...
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618,66 |
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Ancient English Cathedrals
ISBN: 9781904263418 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Containing many engravings and ground plans, this guidebook to the ancient cathedrals of England features interesting facts and stories, and is written by a stonemason and letter carver.
Containing many engravings and ground plans, this guidebook to the ancient cathedrals of England features interesting facts and stories, and is writte...
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34,99 |
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The Great Mosque of Damascus: Studies on the Makings of an Umayyad Visual Culture
ISBN: 9789004116382 / Angielski / Twarda / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The celebrated Great Mosque of Damascus was built in the early eighth century by the Umayyad caliph al-Walīd b. 'Abd al-Malik. This book provides a detailed study of this Mosque. Using textual, visual, and archaeological evidence, the author attempts to reconstruct some of the basic formal and decorative features of the Umayyad mosque, to locate it within its broader urban context, and to consider its role within al-Walīd's unprecedented programme of architectural patronage. The work explores the intracultural and intercultural functions of religious architecture within an official...
The celebrated Great Mosque of Damascus was built in the early eighth century by the Umayyad caliph al-Walīd b. 'Abd al-Malik. This book provides...
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854,12 |
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Open Access: Contextualizing the Archivolted Portals of Northern Spain and Western France Within the Theology and Politics of Entry
ISBN: 9781443835640 / Angielski / Twarda / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Open Access: Contextualizing the Archivolted Portals of Northern Spain and Western France within the Theology and Poliexplores the history, development, and accrued connotations of a distinctive entry configuration comprised of a set of concentrically stepped archivolts surrounding a deliberate tympanum-free portal opening. These archivolted portals adorned many of the small, rural ecclesiastical structures dotting the countryside of western France and northern Spain in the twelfth century. Seeking to re-contextualize this configuration within monastic meditational practices, this book argues...
Open Access: Contextualizing the Archivolted Portals of Northern Spain and Western France within the Theology and Poliexplores the history, developmen...
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206,17 |
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White Elephants on Campus: The Decline of the University Chapel in America, 1920-1960
ISBN: 9780268029876 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "White Elephants on Campus: The Decline of the University Chapel in America, 1920-1960, " Margaret M. Grubiak persuasively argues, through a careful selection of case studies, that the evolution of the architecture of new churches and chapels built on campuses reveals the shifting and declining role of religion within the mission of the modern American university. According to Grubiak, during the first half of the twentieth century, university leaders tended to view architecture as a means of retaining religion within an increasingly scientific and secular university. Initially, the...
In "White Elephants on Campus: The Decline of the University Chapel in America, 1920-1960, " Margaret M. Grubiak persuasively argues, through a carefu...
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107,70 |
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Theater of the Dead: A Social Turn in Chinese Funerary Art, 1000-1400
ISBN: 9780824855376 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In eleventh-century China, both the living and the dead were treated to theatrical spectacles. Chambers designed for the deceased were ornamented with actors and theaters sculpted in stone, molded in clay, rendered in paint. Notably, the tombs were not commissioned for the scholars and officials who dominate the historical record of China but affluent farmers, merchants, clerics--people whose lives and deaths largely went unrecorded. Why did these elites furnish their burial chambers with vivid representations of actors and theatrical performances? Why did they pursue such distinctive... In eleventh-century China, both the living and the dead were treated to theatrical spectacles. Chambers designed for the deceased were ornamented w... |
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Retired, Rehabbed, Reborn: The Adaptive Reuse of America's Derelict Religious Buildings and Schools
ISBN: 9781606352564 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each year in the United States, hundreds of religious buildings and schools become vacant or underutilized as congregations and populations merge, move, or diminish. These structures are often well located, attractive, eligible for tax credits, and available for redevelopment. In this practical and innovative handbook, authors Simons, DeWine, and Ledebur have compiled a step-by-step guide to finding sustainable new uses for vacant structures. The reuse of these important buildings offers those charged with revitalizing them an opportunity to capture their embodied energy, preserve local... Each year in the United States, hundreds of religious buildings and schools become vacant or underutilized as congregations and populations merge, ... |
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I'm a Warrior for Jesus: Wellibellie Kids Books
ISBN: 9781477211533 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,97 |
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The Visual Culture of Baptism in the Middle Ages: Essays on Medieval Fonts, Settings and Beliefs
ISBN: 9781409456759 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Under the guidance of the leading experts on baptismal fonts and the co-directors of the Baptisteria Sacra Index, the world's only iconographical inventory of baptismal fonts, a research project at the University of Toronto, this collection of essays by a group of European and North American scholars extends the traditional boundaries associated with the study of baptismal fonts. The a visual' is privileged, whether it is in the metaphysical, literary or empirical realms of scholarship, offering a rich understanding of the powerful role of baptism played in medieval and renaissance society....
Under the guidance of the leading experts on baptismal fonts and the co-directors of the Baptisteria Sacra Index, the world's only iconographical inve...
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734,66 |
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Time Matter(s): Invention and Re-Imagination in Built Conservation: The Unfinished Drawing and Building of St. Peter's, the Vatican
ISBN: 9781409443018 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Even though the idea of altering an existing building is presently a well established practice within the context of adaptive reuse, when the building in question is a 'mnemonic building', of recognized heritage value, alterations are viewed with suspicion, even when change is a recognized necessity. This book fills in a blind spot in current architectural theory and practice, looking into a notion of conservation as a form of invention and imagination, offering the reader a counter-viewpoint to a predominant western understanding that preservation should be a 'still shot' from the past....
Even though the idea of altering an existing building is presently a well established practice within the context of adaptive reuse, when the building...
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832,62 |
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Guided from Beyond: The Story Of The Templar, A Divine Edifice for the Coming Golden Age
ISBN: 9781494210106 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,59 |
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Ziemia Święta Przewodnik
ISBN: 9788376608952 / Polski / Kartonowa Foliowana / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dzieje Ziemi Świętej to historia ludzkości w pigułce. W ciągu wieków ścierały się tu plemiona
i imperia, odciskając swój znaczący ślad. Nic więc dziwnego, że na tak stosunkowo małym obszarze znajdziemy całe mnóstwo różnorodnych zabytków i pozostałości archeologicznych, prawdziwe skarby cywilizacji. Dla wielu osób podróż do Ziemi Świętej to obok duchowego przeżycia związanego z pielgrzymowaniem po ziemskich śladach Jezusa, także niezwykła wizyta w tym jedynym w swoim rodzaju muzeum świata. O wielu takich fascynujących miejscach od Masady przez Megiddo po... Dzieje Ziemi Świętej to historia ludzkości w pigułce. W ciągu wieków ścierały się tu plemiona
i imperia, odciskając swój znaczący śla... |
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United First Parish Church (Unitarian) Church of the Presidents Historic Structure Report
ISBN: 9781484111055 / Angielski / Miękka / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historic Structure Report for the United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts, this report documents the evolution of the site and the extant church edifice.
Historic Structure Report for the United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts, this report documents the evolution of the site and the extant ch...
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101,16 |
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Masonic Temples: Freemasonry, Ritual Architecture, and Masculine Archetypes
ISBN: 9781621900641 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Masonic Temples, William D. Moore introduces readers to the structures American Freemasons erected over the sixty-year period from 1870 to 1930, when these temples became a ubiquitous feature of the American landscape. As representations of King Solomon's temple in ancient Jerusalem erected in almost every American town and city, Masonic temples provided specially designed spaces for the enactment of this influential fraternity's secret rituals. Using New York State as a case study, Moore not only analyzes the design and construction of Masonic structures and provides their historical...
In Masonic Temples, William D. Moore introduces readers to the structures American Freemasons erected over the sixty-year period from 1870 to 1930, wh...
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107,70 |
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Make a Joyful Noise: Renaissance Art and Music at Florence Cathedral
ISBN: 9780300209181 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Florence Cathedral, familiarly called Il Duomo, is an architectural masterpiece and home to celebrated works of art. The interrelationship between the brilliant art and architecture and the Cathedral's musical program is explored in depth in this beautiful book. Perhaps the most beloved example is Luca della Robbia's sculptural program for the organ loft, comprising ten sculptural relief panels that depict children singing, dancing, and making music. Luca's charming sculptures are examined alongside luxurious illuminated manuscripts commissioned for musical performances. Essays by...
Florence Cathedral, familiarly called Il Duomo, is an architectural masterpiece and home to celebrated works of art. The interrelationship betw...
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193,34 |
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An Architecture of Ineloquence: A Study in Modern Architecture and Religion
ISBN: 9780754678014 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Set on a hillside near Cluny, in a region associated with religious institutions and sacred architecture (including Le Corbusier's La Tourette), Le Carmel de la Paix, designed by Jose Luis Sert, remains tranquilly unvisited and quietly erased from architectural history. Why? This unusual convent falls outside the standard categories of Sert's architecture and has been overlooked in most publications about his work. As J.K. Birksted explains, the design and construction process for this building proved nightmarish, resulting in a building which, at first sight, appears to be 'ineloquent'. This...
Set on a hillside near Cluny, in a region associated with religious institutions and sacred architecture (including Le Corbusier's La Tourette), Le Ca...
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734,66 |