Architecture
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Imagining the Divine: Art in Religions of Late Antiquity across Eurasia [Paperback]
Jaś Elsner(Editor); Rachel Wood(Editor)
$80.00ISBN: 9780861592340
Published by : British Museum
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 234
This groundbreaking volume brings together scholars of the art and archaeology of late antiquity (c. 200−1000), across cultures and regions reaching from India to Iberia, to discuss how objects can inform our understanding of religions. Duri... .... Learn More -
Bauen und Erhalten: Eine Einführung [Hardback]
Ute Hassler(Author)
$39.95ISBN: 9783777436036
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Denkmalpflegerische Arbeit steht heute durch das wachsende Bewusstsein, dass Ressourcenschonung Pflicht ist, in einem neuen Kontext werterhaltenden Denkens. Durch die kurze Haltbarkeit ‹junger Strukturen› und industrieller Bauelement... .... Learn More -
Designs on Death: The Architecture of Scottish Crematoria [Hardback]
Hilary Grainger(Author)
$75.00ISBN: 9781910900307
Published by : John Donald
Despite seven out of ten people in Scotland choosing cremation, in many ways crematoria are ‘invisible’ buildings, visited only by necessity, and they have not received the attention they deserve. Crematoria present a real challenge fo... .... Learn More -
The Rood in Medieval Britain and Ireland, c.800-c.1500 [Hardback]
Philippa Turner(Editor); Jane Hawkes(Editor); Jane Hawkes(Contributor); John Munns(Contributor); Kate Thomas(Contributor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781783275526
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
Volume: 22
The rood was central to medieval Christianity and its visual culture: Christ's death on the cross was understood as the means by which humankind was able to gain salvation, and depictions of the cross, and Christ's death upon it,were ubiquitous.Learn More -
East Anglian Church Porches and their Medieval Context [Hardback]
Helen E. Lunnon(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781783275267
Published by : Boydell Press
The church porches of medieval England are among the most beautiful and glorious aspects of ecclesiastical architecture; but in comparison with its stained glass, for example, they have been relatively little studied. This book, the first detailed... .... Learn More -
Hellenistic Architecture and Human Action: A Case of Reciprocal Influence [Paperback]
Prof. Dr. Annette Haug(Editor); Asja Müller MA(Editor)
$45.00ISBN: 9789088909092
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Scales of Transformation
Volume: 10
This book examines the mutual influence of architecture and human action during a key period of history: the Hellenistic age. During this era, the profound transformations in the Mediterranean’s archaeological and historical record are detec... .... Learn More -
Hellenistic Architecture and Human Action: A Case of Reciprocal Influence [Hardback]
Prof. Dr. Annette Haug(Editor); Asja Müller MA(Editor)
$135.00ISBN: 9789088909108
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Scales of Transformation
Volume: 10
This book examines the mutual influence of architecture and human action during a key period of history: the Hellenistic age. During this era, the profound transformations in the Mediterranean’s archaeological and historical record are detec... .... Learn More -
M.J. Granpré Molière: Architectuur en stedenbouw als beroep en als culturele opdracht in de 20ste eeuw [Paperback]
Sjettie Bruins(Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9789493194083
Published by : Barkhuis
In dit boek vindt voor het eerst een herwaardering plaats van M.J. Granpré Molière, student, hoogleraar, stedenbouwkundige, architect, publicist en bestuurder. Door de verschillende rollen in samenhang te zien ontstaat zicht op zijn ... .... Learn More -
The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe: Making, Meaning, Preserving [Paperback]
Spike Bucklow(Editor); Richard Marks(Editor); Lucy Wrapson(Editor); David Griffith(Contributor); Donal Cooper(Contributor)
$34.95ISBN: 9781783275359
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
Volume: 9
The churches of medieval Europe contained richly carved and painted screens, placed between the altar and the congregation; they survive in particularly high numbers in England, despite being partly dismantled during the Reformation. While these s... .... Learn More -
The Fabric Accounts of St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, 1292-1396 [Hardback]
Tim Ayers(Editor); Maureen Jurkowski(Editor); Maureen Jurkowski(Translator)
$220.00ISBN: 9781783274444
Published by : Boydell Press
Begun by Edward I in 1292 and finished by Edward III, the rebuilding and decoration of St Stephen's chapel took three reigns and over 60 years to complete (accommodation for the associated college of secular clergy was still underconstruction in t... .... Learn More
