Architecture

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 architectural... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842175316
Published by : Oxbow Books
All Saints’ Church, Brixworth lies 7 miles north of Northampton. The core of the
church is Anglo-Saxon and the research published here provides an unprecedented account of one of the most important buildings of its perio... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843838272
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Focusing specifically on England - though with cognisance of broader European contexts - this volume offers an analysis of misericords in relation to other cultural artefacts of the period. Through a series of themed `case studies', the book p... .... 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: 9780500290927
Published by : Thames and Hudson
Another glossy book on Pompeii, but this is definitely one of the better ones. It is well thought out and packed with a huge amount of information, accessible to the general reader without being in any way patronising. Its strengths definitely ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904965428
Published by : Spire Books
"The Glossary is Pugin’s largest and most magnificent book. He intended that his two Dublin Review articles of 1842 would be accompanied by a third dealing with ornament and decoration. However, this developed into a grand survey church ornaments,... .... 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: 9780876619667
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: ANCIENT ART & ARCHITECTURE IN CONTEXT
Volume: 3
This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780292738881
Published by : University of Texas Press
These essays explore the emergence of scale and monumentality as key factors in pre-Imperial Roman and Etruscan building and the social and political strategies which they reflect. They address questions both of technical developm... .... Learn More