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Church Misericords and Bench Ends
Richard Hayman
Carvings: artworks; Religious buildings
Paperback
With the increasing disappearance of stained glass in medieval churches, the surviving wood carvings on church misericords... [more]
Ss. Vincenzo E Anastasio at Tre Fontane Near Rome: History and Architecture...
Joan Barclay Lloyd
Religious buildings; Church history
Hardback
Presents the history of the abbey of Ss Vincenzo e Anastasio at Tre Fontane near Rome that reached back into Roman antiquity.... [more]
The California Missions: History, Art, and Preservation
Edna Kimbro, Julia Costello, Tevvy Ball
History of Art & Design Styles; Religious buildings; Social & cultural history
Hardback
Presents an illustrated exploration of the history, heritage, and future of California's Missions. Combining a narrative with... [more]
Salisbury Cathedral: The Making of a Medieval Masterpiece
Timothy Tatton-Brown
Religious buildings
Paperback
'Salisbury Cathedral', a famously beautiful work of ecclesiastical architecture, was erected within about 40 years in a single... [more]
Art and Architecture of the World's Religions
Leslie Ross
Religious subjects depicted in art; Religious buildings
Hardback
Beginning with faiths in the ancient worlds of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, this set examines the major religions... [more]
The Gargoyles of Notre Dame: Medievalism and the Monsters of Modernity
Michael Camille
Architectural structure & design; Religious buildings
Hardback
Most of the people who visit the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris probably do not realize that the legendary gargoyles adorning... [more]
Macao's Church of Saint Paul: A Glimmer of the Baroque in China
Cesar Guillen-Nunez
Religious buildings
Hardback
Macao's Ruins of St Paul, whose correct name is the Church of Madre de Deus, is the only example of Baroque art and architecture... [more]
Buddhist Stupas in South Asia: Recent Archaeological, Art-historical, and...
Akira Shimada, Jason Hawkes
Religious buildings; Asian history; Archaeology; Buddhism
Hardback
Bringing together the latest research on stupas in South Asia, this volume utilizes archaeological, art historical, and epigraphic... [more]
The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Art, Archaeology, and Icons of Seventh-century...
Donald F. McCallum
Religious buildings; Asian history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Archaeology; Buddhism
Hardback
Analysing the four temples, Asukadera, Kudara Odera, Kawaradera, and Yakushiji, this book considers historiographical issues,... [more]
Lexicon of Medieval Choir Stalls
Elaine C Block, F Billiet
Religious buildings
Hardback
This lexicon is an indispensable tool long awaited by researchers and students so they may better conduct and exchange the... [more]
Piety and Politics in the Early Indian Mosque
Finbarr Barry Flood
Religious buildings; Asian history; Islam
Hardback
Through a study of the mosques and their interpretative histories at different periods of time, this volume shows the link... [more]
Calvinist Churches in Early Modern Europe
Andrew Spicer
Religious buildings
Hardback
A wide-ranging and interdisciplinary study of the impact of the European Reformation on the architecture, arrangement and... [more]
Reinventing the Wheel: Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples...
Stephen F. Teiser
Oriental art; Religious subjects depicted in art; Religious buildings; Other non-Christian religions
Hardback
Explores the history and varied interpretations of the Wheel of Rebirth, a circle divided into sections depicting the Buddhist... [more]
The Dome of the Rock
Oleg Grabar
Religious buildings; History
Hardback
Presents the story of the Dome of the Rock, the beautiful Muslim shrine in the walled Old City of Jerusalem, from the first... [more]
American Country Churches
Dr. William Morgan M.D. (University of Southern California US)
Religious buildings; History of architecture
Hardback
Now more than ever, vacationing Americans are choosing to stay right here in the U.S., to look inward at our own rich national... [more]
The Complete Taj Mahal: and the Riverfront Gardens of Agra
Ebba Koch
Architecture; Architectural structure & design; Religious buildings
Hardback
Leads the reader through the complex and gardens of the Taj Mahal, illustrated by hundreds of photographs and drawings and... [more]
Damanhur: Temples of Humankind
Roberto Benzi, Sylvia Duffagni
Photography & photographs; Religious buildings
Hardback
Nearly three decades ago, Italian spiritual leader Oberto Airaudi had a vision of sacred temples built inside a mountain near... [more]
The House of God: Church Architecture, Style and History
Edward Norman
Religious buildings
Paperback
The totality of Christian worship, a union of theology, spiritual experience and art, has nowhere been more fluently and movingly... [more]
St Martin-in-the Fields
Malcolm Johnson (University of Bristol)
Religious buildings; Local history
Hardback
St Martin's has a long history stretching back more than eight hundred years. Its clergy and congregation have always been... [more]
Sense of Mission
Thomas Drain
Religious buildings; Christian mission & evangelism
Paperback
The Spanish missions of the United States are the unique legacy of two very different cultures. Conceived as an expression... [more]
Hagia Sophia 1850-1950: Holy Wisdom Modern Monument
Robert S. Nelson
Religious buildings
Hardback
Built in the 6th century as the cathedral for Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia was later a mosque, monument and museum. Robert... [more]
The Stones of Naples: Church Building in the Angevin Kingdom 1266-1343
Caroline Bruzelius
Religious buildings
Hardback
The rich architectural legacy of the Angevins, three generations of French kings who reigned in southern Italy from 1266 to... [more]
The Medieval English Cathedral: Papers in Honour of Pamela Tudor-Craig
Janet Backhouse
Religious buildings; History
Hardback
Pamela Tudor-Craig is one of the leading lights of the Harlaxton Medieval Symposium and is well known for her work on the... [more]
Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-century...
Thomas C. Hubka
Religious buildings; Social & cultural history; Judaism; Worship, rites & ceremonies; Jewish studies
Hardback
A study of the wooden 18th-century Polish synagogue in the town of Gwozdziec, in modern-day Ukraine. Using over 150 historical... [more]
Monastic Spaces and Their Meanings
Megan Cassidy-Welch
Religious buildings
Hardback
Medieval Cistercians distinguished between material and imagined space, while the landscapes in which they lived were perceived... [more]
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