Architecture: religious buildings

After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Sufi shrines became highly contested.

This first comprehensive study of pre-Archaic Greek temple architecture combines architecture, society, and material culture.

The Saxons put the county of Bedfordshire on the map, and signs of the earliest churches from this period remain today.

The College of St George at Windsor Castle was founded by Edward III in 1348 to support the newly created Order of the Garter, and to this day fulfills the same primary purpose.

Many parish churches and chapels are the oldest building in their town or village; some of them may be over a thousand years old.

Following the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s, Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars fanned out across the central and southern areas of the country, founding hundreds of mission churches and monasteries to evangelize the Native population.

'Shop-window, flagship, common ground' views the rich ministry and innovative mission of cathedrals through the novel lens of metaphor; and it offers comparative insights on cathedrals and cathedral-like churches.

Although Hertfordshire is one of the smaller English counties, there are numerous attractive historic towns, villages and hamlets.

This book was inspired by the records made by Carolyn Heighway during the thirty years when she was archaeological consultant at Gloucester Cathedral.

The Barns of the Abbey of Beaulieu at Its Granges: Great Coxwell, Beaulieu-St.

The dynamic relationship between art and theology continues to fascinate and to challenge, especially when theology addresses art in all of its variety.

The history of religious change has been largely devoted to study of the churches.

A highly original architectural history of Solomon s Temple and Islam s Dome of the Rock that doubles as a social and cultural history of the region The most extensive study of the interrelated history of two monuments, Solomon s Temple and The Dome of the Rock, drawing on an exhaustive review of all the visual and textual evidence Relayed as a gripping narrative, allowing readers to re-enter and experience the emotions and the visceral reality of the major events in its history Integrates illustration with the text to offer a highly detailed and accurate portrait of the major structures and figures involved in the history of the temple Opens up a fascinating line of questioning into the conventional interpretation of events, particularly Christ s actions in the Temple Reproduces rarely seen detailed drawings of the subterranean passages beneath Temple Mount as part of the British survey in the 19th century

Two abundantly illustrated volumes offer a vibrant discussion of how the divine is and has been represented in art and architecture the world over.

Kathedralen faszinieren seit Jahrhunderten mit ihrer erhabenen Architektur und stillen Größe.

The churches of the Byzantine era were built to represent heaven on earth.

Canterbury Cathedral possesses a unique marble mosaic pavement, dating from the early twelfth century, which has long intrigued scholars and been the subject of speculation and debate.

A highly original architectural history of Solomon s Temple and Islam s Dome of the Rock that doubles as a social and cultural history of the region The most extensive study of the interrelated history of two monuments, Solomon s Temple and The Dome of the Rock, drawing on an exhaustive review of all the visual and textual evidence Relayed as a gripping narrative, allowing readers to re-enter and experience the emotions and the visceral reality of the major events in its history Integrates illustration with the text to offer a highly detailed and accurate portrait of the major structures and figures involved in the history of the temple Opens up a fascinating line of questioning into the conventional interpretation of events, particularly Christ s actions in the Temple Reproduces rarely seen detailed drawings of the subterranean passages beneath Temple Mount as part of the British survey in the 19th century

This groundbreaking book situates Bramante''s Tempietto at the center of an arts program that exalted Spain''s quest for Christian hegemony.

Jeanne Halgren Kilde's survey of church architecture is unlike any other.

The ancient churches and cathedrals of England's towns and countryside are among the glories of our national heritage.

The first churches in Shropshire were built in Saxon times and the county has a proud heritage of church building through the centuries.

Somerville is one of our finest gazetteers of the British countryside.

Treats the Pantheon from the unique perspective of its construction history, survival, and reception through history.

Greening Spaces for Worship and Ministry is a comprehensive guide.

A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world's greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people who built them.

Uncover the most remarkable examples of religious architecture in England on this grand tour of London's great churches.

This book investigates the role of architecture in the construction of sacred experience in ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, Christian and Byzantine cultures.

England's cathedrals are the nation's glory.

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.

Von ursprünglich vier Rostocker Pfarrkirchen hat die St.

The churches of Hampshire are as varied as the landscapes they occupy.

This lavishly illustrated volume presents a comprehensive architectural study of 87 individual temples and sanctuaries built in the Roman East between the end of the 1st century BCE and the end of the 3rd century CE, within a broad region encompassing the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan.

Das Kolosseum ist weit mehr als ein antikes Bauwerk – es ist ein Symbol für die Größe und den Ehrgeiz des Römischen Reiches, ein Meisterwerk der Ingenieurskunst und eine Bühne für die Geschichte der Menschheit.

Churches of Nova Scotia is as much a human interest book as it is about ecclesiastical buildings.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Die älteste Baugeschichte der Nikolaikirche in Alt-Berlin" verfügbar.

What did people really believe in the Middle Ages?

Der Kölner Dom, ein Meisterwerk der gotischen Baukunst und Wahrzeichen der Stadt Köln, zieht jährlich Millionen Besucher aus aller Welt in seinen Bann.

The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a dual division between 'tradition' and 'modernity' - a division which, Saeid Khaghani here argues, has shaped and limited the narrative applied to this architecture.

The story of St Peter's begins in the 1st century CE with the Hippodrome of Nero, one of two places where the Apostle Peter may have been crucified.

The Ontario landscape is dotted with places of worship, from the simple log cabin to lofty cathedrals.

It is fascinating to think that many hundreds of generations of Londoners lie beneath the city without us knowing.

Have you ever wondered what lies beneath your feet when you walk into an ancient church or through a graveyard?