Architecture: religious buildings

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.

For nearly eighteen centuries, two fundamental spatial plans dominated Christian architecture: the basilica and the central plan.

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

Amid the soaring grandeur of arches and spires lurks a more down-to-earth architectural flourish: the grinning head of a gargoyle.

The History of the Church through its Buildings takes the reader to meet people who lived through momentous religious changes in the very spaces where the story of the Church took shape.

Portaceli, degana de les cartoixes hispanes, va viure la seua esplendor al segle XV, quan es va convertir en una de les més influents del regne de València i, fins i tot, de la Corona d'Aragó, la qual cosa va enriquir el seu patrimoni arquitectònic i artístic.

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

Nicholas Hawksmoor is one of a number of distinguished architects who worked in the seventeenth century.

William Blake famously imagined 'Jerusalem builded here' in London.

Die gotische Architektur fasziniert seit Jahrhunderten mit ihren majestätischen Kathedralen, filigranen Gewölben und den spektakulären Glasfenstern, durch die das Licht in faszinierenden Farben spielt.

A fascinating, lavishly illustrated account, aimed at a non-specialist audience, of the excavation of over 500 burials unexpectedly discovered during development work associated with the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia.

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.

This book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important monuments of French Gothic architecture, the Sainte-Chapelle.

Multifaith spaces reflect the diversity of the modern world and enable a connection between individuals from different religious backgrounds.

Most studies of modern Gothic media assume that, beyond the 1830s, modern Gothic architecture and literature had very little in common.

Glasgow has long been an important settlement on the River Clyde but it grew rapidly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to become one of the largest cities in the world in that period.

Perched along the banks of the Tiber River, Castel Sant'Angelo stands as a silent witness to nearly two millennia of Roman history.

A definitive and illuminating biography of one of the most famous and most famously unfinished buildings in the world, the Sagrada Familia of Barcelona.

This book is the crowning achievement of the remarkable scholar D.

Norfolk has long been recognised as one of the best counties in which to study parish churches.

The Brady Street and Alderney Road cemeteries are among the oldest Jewish burial grounds in the UK, dating back to the arrival of the Jewish immigrants in the time of Oliver Cromwell.

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

The study of monasteries has come a long way since late the late 19th century.

A fresh, unstuffy guide to the stained-glass windows of England's churches, including a list of the top 50 places to see outstanding examples.

Provides the first full study of the predecessor church of St Peter''s Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction.

Chronicles in Stone is a study of the powerful and pervasive myth of the Russian Northwest, its role in forming Soviet and Russian identities, and its impact on local communities.

When The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods first appeared in 1962, it was hailed by the critics for it erudition, historical imagination and boldness.

Within the stunning landscape of Derbyshire lies a wealth of historic churches.

Wie (ehemalige) Sakralbauten im ländlichen Raum neu und partizipativ erschlossen sowie vermittelt werden können, zeigen die Beiträge des Bandes.

Suffolk boasts by far the greatest number of Domesday churches of any county surveyed by William the Conqueror in 1086.

This book is the first comprehensive study of Mormon architecture.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Die Dorfkirche im Zeitalter der Kathedrale (13.

Building the Italian Renaissance focuses on the competition to select a team to execute the final architectural challenge of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore - the erection of its dome.

This is the first volume concerned solely with the archaeology of a major late 17th century building in London, and the major changes it has undergone.

Abbeys and Priories of Medieval Wales is the first comprehensive, illustrated guide to the religious houses of Wales from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries.

The county of Cheshire has a rich and varied past which is reflected in its historic churches.

Die Garnisonkirche in Potsdam – einst ein prächtiges Symbol preußischer Macht und architektonischer Meisterleistung – wurde im Zweiten Weltkrieg zerstört.

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.

Oxfordshire, once part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, has always been a wealthy county.

Dorchester-on-Thames and its abbey have been subjects of antiquarian interest for more than 450 years, and during that time much has been written about them.

The fascinating history of St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster, a building at the heart of British life for over 700 years.

Von den mächtigen Burgen des Deutschen Ordens bis zu den prunkvollen Schlössern der Hohenzollern – die Baukunst Preußens erzählt die Geschichte einer Region, die sich stetig wandelte.

The Lithic Garden offers innovative perspectives on the role of ornament in medieval church design.

Built by Spanish Franciscan missionaries in the seventeenth century, the magnificent mission church at Acoma Pueblo in west-central New Mexico is the oldest and largest intact adobe structure in North America.

Cathedrals are awe-inspiring buildings.

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.