Art & Architecture
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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 -
Art of Estrangement: Redefining Jews in Reconquest Spain [Hardback]
Pamela A. Patton (Author)
Regular Price: £65.95
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ISBN: 9780271053837
Published by : Penn State University Press
At its peak in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the so-called Spanish Reconquest transformed the societies of the Iberian Peninsula at nearly every level. Among the most vivid signs of this change were the innovative images developed by Chris... .... Learn More -
Studies in the Islamic Arts of the Book [Hardback]
Robert Hillenbrand (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597490
Published by : Pindar Press
Volume: 3
The studies collected in this volume, some of them rather difficult to access, date mostly from the last fifteen years and focus primarily on Persian book painting of the 14th to the early 16th centuries. In this period, Iran dominated the art of ... .... Learn More -
The Italian Piazza Transformed: Parma in the Communal Age [Hardback]
Areli Marina (Author)
Regular Price: £74.95
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ISBN: 9780271050706
Published by : Penn State University Press
During the long thirteenth century, the cities of northern Italy engendered a vital and distinctive civic culture despite constant political upheaval. In The Italian Piazza Transformed, Areli Marina examines the radical transformation of Parma's u... .... Learn More -
Orsanmichele and the History and Preservation of the Civic Monument [Hardback]
Carl Brandon Strehlke (Editor)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £24.95
ISBN: 9780300135893
Published by : Yale University Press
This far-ranging collection of essays-the first book-length scholarly exploration of Orsanmichele since 1996-marks the conclusion of a decades-long campaign to restore the magnificent medieval church and its art, most notably Orsanmichele's celebr... .... Learn More -
The Medieval World [Paperback]
Martina Bagnoli (Author); Kathleen Gerry (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9780911886757
Published by : Walters Art Museum
A superbly illustrated exploration of medieval art through the collection of the Walters Art Museum. The book is organised thematically with topics such as the classical tradition, materials and manufacture, liturgical implements and their context... .... Learn More -
Renewed Life for Scottish Castles [Paperback]
Richard Fawcett (Author); Allan Rutherford (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781902771861
Published by : Council for British Archaeology
Castles, both ruined and occupied, are amongst the most deeply evocative buildings in the Scottish landscape. This book considers the history of the conservation and restoration of a number of those buildings against the background of what the ... .... Learn More -
San Vincenzo Maggiore and its Workshops [Hardback]
Richard Hodges (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9780904152586
Published by : British School at Rome
Series: Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome
Volume: 17
The San Vincenzo Project began in 1980 as a collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archaeologica del Molise. Its initial focus was the small frescoed crypt of 'San Lorenzo' (later known as the Crypt Church), which was in urgent need of conserva... .... Learn More -
The Story of Gothic Architecture [Paperback]
Francesca Prina (Author)
Regular Price: £14.99
Special Price: £5.95
ISBN: 9783791345963
Published by : Prestel Verlag
Gloriously illustrated, this introductory guide to gothic architecture first outlines the main characteristics of the style, before taking the reader on a tour of Europe's finest examples, including cathedrals, palaces, castles an... .... Learn More -
St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire: Volume 1, History, Archaeology and Architecture [Hardback]
Warwick Rodwell (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781842173251
Published by : Oxbow Books
St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, is a redundant medieval church in the care of English Heritage. As a result of a major programme of research carried out between 1978 and 2007, it is now the most intensively studied parish church in the UK. Exca... .... Learn More
