Sacred

ISBN: 9781842175262
Published by : Oxbow Books
This lavishly illustrated volume presents a comprehensive architectural study of 87 individual temples and sanctuaries built in the Roman East between the end of the 1st century BCE and the end of the 3rd century CE, within a broa... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781899828913
Published by : Pindar Press
This study deals with the churches of Oski and Iskhani, in the ancient Georgian province of Tao-Klardeti, now in eastern Turkey.


Each church is examined separately, with a focus on the architecture and carved decoration. The archit... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904965442
Published by : Spire Books
This book is a sequel to an earlier volume by the same authors on Anglican church-building in Greater London between 1915 and 1945. In the post-war period as many as 250 new churches were built inthe area, a very large corpus of w... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904597643
Published by : Pindar Press
This book is a reconsideration of the practice of whitewashing church interiors during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is the first detailed study of its kind which challenges the view tha... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789993274117
Published by : Midsea Books
The Cathedral of Gozo perched atop the Castello is renowned for its art treasures, drawing many visitors throughout the year. a little known feature is the wonderful array of marble tombstones that cover the whole floor of the church. The tombston... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789993274070
Published by : Midsea Books
2013 will mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of the artist Mattia Preti (1613-1699), who spent forty years of his working life in Malta.

Midsea Books, in collaboration with the Department of History of Art at the Unive... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788859611196
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
The Pinacoteca Comunale di Castiglion Fiorentino is housed in the ancient, restored church of Sant’Angelo, inside the defensive enclosure of the Cassero. The church has medieval foundations from the eleventh century, but in the sixteenth century i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700169536
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Bei den Grabungen zur Untersuchung der Basilika am sog. Staatsmarkt und deren Vorgängerbau der Stoa, sind zahlreiche Fragmente von Tonreliefs zutage getreten. Mehr als vierzig Jahre nach der Auffindung der ersten Stücke, können diese einzigartigen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904965404
Published by : Spire Books
Pugin's writings and buildings changed the course of British architecture. The Present State, published in 1843, is significant in marking the transition from Pugin the Gothic propagandist and polemicist to Pugin the working architect and desi... .... Learn More