Step into the golden age of ancient Egypt, where ambition, innovation, and divine authority converged to create one of humanity's most enduring wonders: the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The Hindu Temple and Its Sacred Landscape explores Hinduism as it was practised in temples across the Indian subcontinent throughout history, highlighting the temple's significance as a marker of cultural identity.
Cornish churches are not simple structures that nestle into the landscape, but complex and little-understood buildings, with many never being completed.
This two-volume encyclopedia covers buildings and sites of global significance from prehistoric times to the present day, providing students with an essential understanding of architectural development and its impact on human societies.
How religious institutions used landscapes and architecture to express their religious and social ideologies The Archaeology of Protestant Landscapes focuses on three religious institutions in the US South in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: St.
In the mid-twentieth century, American Catholic churches began to shed the ubiquitous spires, stained glass, and gargoyles of their European forebears, turning instead toward startling and more angular structures of steel, plate glass, and concrete.
Edinburgh was founded as a royal burgh by David I in the early twelfth century, though there had been a settlement on what became Castle Rock for centuries before that.
Kishwar Rizvi, drawing on the multifaceted history of the Middle East, offers a richly illustrated analysis of the role of transnational mosques in the construction of contemporary Muslim identity.
Noch wird in der wissenschaftlichen und öffentlichen Beschäftigung mit dem Islam unterschieden zwischen unscheinbaren "Hinterhofmoscheen" und den sichtbaren "Moscheeneubauten".
Das Neujungfrauenkloster in Moskau, auch bekannt als Nowodewitschi-Kloster, ist ein faszinierendes Zeugnis russischer Geschichte, Kultur und Spiritualität.
Architecture of the California Missions by Kurt Baer, with photographs by Hugo Rudinger, offers a deep dive into the architectural legacy of California's historic missions.
The Master Builder Henrik Ibsen - First performed in 1892, this psychological drama is one of the great Norwegian playwright's most symbolic and lyrical works.
Das Buch präsentiert eine Auswahl historischer Stätten, die die Erinnerungskultur methodistischen Glaubens und Handelns über fast 200 Jahre seit dem frühen 19.