Architecture

ISBN: 9781907975639
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Comparative Literature
Volume: 26
Does the way in which buildings are looked at, and made sense of, change over the course of time? How can we find out about this? By looking at a selection of travel writings spanning four centuries, Anne Hultzsch suggests that it... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780907132790
Published by : Pindar Press
A selection of twelve previously published papers by Ernst Grube which examine specific materials used in Islamic decorative arts. Six papers examine pottery and tiles, one considers Ilkhanis stucco work as represented in the mausoleum of the ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904597506
Published by : Pindar Press
Islamic artists channeled their energies not into easel painting and large-scale sculpture, but rather into what Western scholars, obeying a very different hierarchy of art forms, rather disparagingly termed the "decorative arts" or even "the mino... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591862
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 186
The British Museum citole is a unique example of medieval craftsmanship and is one of very few surviving instruments from the Middle Ages. This new publication includes selected papers from the first international symposium on the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975981
Published by : Maney Publishing
This new edition is a revised and expanded version of the book produced in 2000 to celebrate the quincentenary of King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen. Since then, exciting discoveries have taken place and old ideas have been re... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904965459
Published by : Spire Books
Saltaire, Akroydon and Bedford Park are the most famous planned, model urban suburbs of the nineteenth century – two of them in Yorkshire, the third in west London – and each with a fascinating history. All were backed... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846742200
Published by : Countryside Books
Aimed at the interested general reader, this well-illustrated guide looks at the development of England's timber framed buildings, from medieval origins to modern revivals. Aided by diagrams Yorke explains construction techniques, including the... .... Learn More

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: 9781842174791
Published by : Oxbow Books
The pivotal position of the Oxford region in the geological and therefore building history of England is of fundamental importance to the study of traditional construction. Oxford occupies a central position on the ancient route b... .... Learn More