Architecture - Arts & Architecture

The Georgian Churches of Oski and Iskhani: Architecture and Ornament [Hardback]

Dora Piquet-Panayatova (Author)

£120.00

ISBN: 9781899828913
Published by : Pindar Press
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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

Further Studies in Islamic Painting [Hardback]

Ernst Grube (Author)

£200.00

ISBN: 9781899828500
Published by : Pindar Press
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A collection of Professor Grube's essays on Islamic paintings of the late 14th and 15th century in the Timurid empire and Ottoman Turkey. This is a new revised edition of the 1968 exhibition catalogue The Classical Style of Islamic Painting , ... .... Learn More

The Julian Basilica: Architecture, Sculpture, Epigraphy [Hardback]

Paul D. Scotton (Author); Catherine de Grazia Vanderpool (Author); Carolynn Roncaglia (Author)

£130.00

ISBN: 9780876610237
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Corinth
Volume: 22
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Early-20th-century explorations of the Roman Forum at Ancient Corinth revealed a massive early imperial building now known as the Julian Basilica. The structure stood on a podium over four meters high, and it dominated the east end of the forum in... .... Learn More

Studies in the Islamic Decorative Arts [Hardback]

Robert Hillenbrand (Author)

£150.00

ISBN: 9781904597506
Published by : Pindar Press
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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

Deliciae Fictiles V. Networks and Workshops: Architectural Terracottas and Decorative Roof Systems in Italy and Beyond [Hardback]

Patricia Lulof (Editor); Ilaria Manzini (Editor); Carlo Rescigno (Editor)

Regular Price: £60.00

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ISBN: 9781789253108
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Deliciae Fictiles
Volume: 5
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Temples are the most prestigious buildings in the urban landscape of ancient Italy, emerging within a network of centres of the then-known Mediterranean world. Notwithstanding the fragmentary condition of the buildings’ remains, these monuments – ... .... Learn More

Studies in the Decorative Arts of the Muslim World [Hardback]

Ernst Grube (Author)

£250.00

ISBN: 9780907132790
Published by : Pindar Press
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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

Hagia Sophia in Context: An Archaeological Re-examination of the Cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople [Hardback]

Ken Dark (Author); Jan Kostenec (Author)

£55.00

ISBN: 9781789250305
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia has been a source of wonder and fascination since its sixth-century construction. It was the premier monument of the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, and remains one of the most recognisable symbols of mod... .... Learn More

Big Men or Chiefs?: Rondel Builders of Neolithic Europe [Hardback]

Jaroslav Řídký (Author); Petr Květina (Author); Petr Limburský (Author); Markéta Končelová (Author); Pavel Burgert (Author); Radka Šumberová (Author)

£38.00

ISBN: 9781789250268
Published by : Oxbow Books
If there is a feature of the Central European Neolithic period that deserves increased attention of researchers and all those with interest in prehistory, it is circular architecture of the dimensions of many tens of metres, from which only negati... .... Learn More

Crossing the Threshold: Architecture, Iconography and the Sacred Entrance [Hardback]

Madeleine Mumcuoglu (Author); Yosef Garfinkel (Author)

£50.00

ISBN: 9781789250763
Published by : Oxbow Books
Every day millions of people enter public buildings of many forms and functions: Notre-Dame in Paris, Central Station in New York; the British Museum in London, that are decorated with recessed doorways. None of them is likely to be aware that thi... .... Learn More

Buildings of Medieval Europe: Studies in Social and Landscape Contexts of Medieval Buildings [Paperback]

Duncan Berryman (Editor); Sarah Kerr (Editor)

£38.00

ISBN: 9781785709715
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume brings together an interesting range of papers discussing medieval buildings across Europe. They provide interesting insights to life in the medieval world in several understudied areas of Europe. The papers range from Croatia and Tran... .... Learn More