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The Georgian Churches of Oski and Iskhani: Architecture and Ornament [Hardback]
Dora Piquet-Panayatova (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 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 -
Crossing the Threshold: Architecture, Iconography and the Sacred Entrance [Hardback]
Madeleine Mumcuoglu (Author); Yosef Garfinkel (Author)
£50.00Click here for ebook buying options
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 -
L’architettura religiosa nella diocesi medievale di Lucca a sud dell’Arno (secoli XI-XIV) [Paperback]
Francesca Roggi (Author)
Regular Price: £35.00
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ISBN: 9781407313146
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2672
This study focuses on the architectural landscape of the lower Valdarno area, which formerly belonged to the diocese of Lucca and in the 17th century formed the new diocese of San Miniato. Despite the distance from the Bishop, Lucca managed to kee... .... Learn More -
The Churches of Rome, 1527-1870 - Volume I: Vol. I. The Churches [Hardback]
Michael Erwee (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597285
Published by : Pindar Press
The churches of Rome constitute arguably the most important manifestations of art and architecture in the Western world. This book is a detailed description of 251 churches in Rome and the Vatican City, built or decorated between 1527 and 1870, an... .... Learn More -
A Social Topography of the Commote of Caerwedros in Ceredigion within its Regional Context during the Sixteenth Century [Paperback]
G. Lynn Morgan (Author)
Regular Price: £30.00
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ISBN: 9781407312934
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR BRITISH
Volume: 601
The author was inspired to embark on this work by her own sense of Welsh identity and by her surrounding landscape in south-west Ceredigion. In this interdisciplinary research the author defines the historical geography of the commote of Caerwedro... .... Learn More -
Stairway to Heaven: The Functions of Medieval Upper Spaces [Paperback]
Toby Huitson (Author)
£36.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781842176658
Published by : Oxbow Books
Spiral stairs, galleries and upper chambers in medieval cathedrals, abbeys and parish churches have been an enduring source of fascination to scholars since the eighteenth century. But what were these secret stairs, mysterious ga... .... Learn More -
Anglican Church-Building in London 1946-2012 [Hardback]
Michael Yelton (Author); John Salmon (Author)
£29.95ISBN: 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 -
Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation [Paperback]
Victoria George (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 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 -
Negotiating the Landscape [Hardback]
Ellen F. Arnold (Author)
Regular Price: £58.00
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ISBN: 9780812244632
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
Negotiating the Landscape explores the question of how medieval religious identities were shaped and modified by interaction with the natural environment. Focusing on the Benedictine monastic community of Stavelot-Malmedy in the Ardennes, Ellen F.... .... Learn More -
The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England [Hardback]
Michael Fisher (Author); A. W. N Pugin (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
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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 des... .... Learn More
