Architectural Symbolism of Imperial Rome and the Middle Ages
Author: Earl Baldwin Smith
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Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780758157478
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Architectural Symbolism of Imperial Rome and the Middle Ages
Author: Earl Baldwin Smith
Publisher: New York : Hacker Art Books
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKLiturgy and Architecture from the Early Church to the Middle Ages
Author: Allan Doig
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780754652724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContents include: 'The Earliest Christian Worship and Its Setting', 'Late Antiquity in the West and the Gallican Rite', 'Carolingian Architecture and Liturgical Reform' and 'Monasticism, Pilgrimage and the Romanesque'.
The Architecture of Roman Temples
Author: John W. Stamper
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-02-16
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780521810685
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the development of Roman temple architecture from its earliest history in the sixth century BC to the reigns of Hadrian and the Antonines in the second century AD. John Stamper analyzes the temples' formal qualities, the public spaces in which they were located and, most importantly, the authority of precedent in their designs. He also traces Rome's temple architecture as it evolved over time and how it accommodated changing political and religious contexts, as well as the affects of new stylistic influences.
The Architecture of the Roman Empire
Author: William Lloyd MacDonald
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1982-01-01
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780300034707
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines Roman architecture as a party of overall urban design and looks at arches, public buildings, tombs, columns, stairs, plazas, and streets
A History of Western Architecture
Author: David Watkin
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 722
ISBN-13: 9781856694599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of Western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the dramatic impact of CAD on architectural practice at the beginning of the 21st century.
Medieval Architecture and Its Intellectual Context
Author: E. C. Fernie
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1990-01-01
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781852850340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedieval Architecture and its Intellectual Context reflects the range of Peter Kidson's own interests and are united in following his approach to medieval architecture and art: a determination to see buildings and objects in the intellectual terms of the time in which they were created.
Monumentality and the Roman Empire
Author: Edmund Thomas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007-11-15
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 0199288631
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Monumentality and the Roman Age' presents a study of the concept of monumentality in classical antiquity, asks what it is that the notion encompasses and how significant it was for the Romans themselves in moulding their individual or collective aspirations and identities.
Understanding Architecture
Author: Leland M. Roth
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-03-13
Total Pages: 1193
ISBN-13: 042997521X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis widely acclaimed, beautifully illustrated survey of Western architecture is now fully revised throughout, including essays on non-Western traditions. The expanded book vividly examines the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture in ways that are both accessible and engaging.
The Sacred In-Between: The Mediating Roles of Architecture
Author: Thomas Barrie
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-13
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1134725221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe sacred place was, and still is, an intermediate zone created in the belief that it has the ability to co-join the religious aspirants to their gods. An essential means of understanding this sacred architecture is through the recognition of its role as an ‘in-between’ place. Establishing the contexts, approaches and understandings of architecture through the lens of the mediating roles often performed by sacred architecture, this book offers the reader an extraordinary insight into the forces behind these extraordinary buildings. Written by a well-known expert in the field, the book draws on a unique range of cases, reflecting on these inspiring places, their continuing ontological significance and the lessons they can offer today. Fascinating reading for anyone interested in sacred architecture.
