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This revised edition presents new photographs and line drawings, a concise, illustrated glossary, and accessible information on twenty-two major styles of American architecture from the past 300 years. Organized chronologically to put information at your fingertips, "What style is it?" presents succinct summaries of architectural styles, discusses their development and(...)
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October 2003, Hoboken
What style is it ? A guide to American architecture
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This revised edition presents new photographs and line drawings, a concise, illustrated glossary, and accessible information on twenty-two major styles of American architecture from the past 300 years. Organized chronologically to put information at your fingertips, "What style is it?" presents succinct summaries of architectural styles, discusses their development and notable characteristics, and mentions where real-world examples can be found. This guide is packed with more than 200 descriptive photographs and illustrations, accompanied by nontechnical explanations that help to identify the most significant styles of architecture--from Early Colonial, Federal, and Second Empire to Neoclassical, pre-Civil War Romanesque Revival, and late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Rustic styles.
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Set amid the imperial extravagances of the American Renaissance to the Roaring Twenties (1890-1935), an era redolent with the well-publicized achievements of such famed designers as Stanford White, Richard Morris Hunt, Carrère & Hastings, and John Russell Pope, it astounds one to learn that the one authentic genius among them was a publicity-shy Philadelphian without any(...)
American Splendor : the residential architecture of Horace Trumbauer
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Set amid the imperial extravagances of the American Renaissance to the Roaring Twenties (1890-1935), an era redolent with the well-publicized achievements of such famed designers as Stanford White, Richard Morris Hunt, Carrère & Hastings, and John Russell Pope, it astounds one to learn that the one authentic genius among them was a publicity-shy Philadelphian without any kind of social connections whose formal education did not extend beyond the 10th grade. Yet the supremacy of Horace Trumbauer in the field of classically-inspired residential design is acknowledged by such diverse voices as art connoisseur Joseph Duveen, modernist icon Philip Johnson, and author Aldous Huxley. "American Splendor: The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer," will place the achievements of this master creator of the American Great House before a wider and more discerning public. Working with clients whose names comprise a veritable who's who of America's industrial and financial moguls, Trumbauer's prodigious body of work graced both the exclusive enclaves of Newport, Rhode Island, Long Island, Philadelphia's Main Line and Elkins Park, and the vaunted precincts of New York's Fifth Avenue and Washington DC's Embassy Row. Allied with the finest landscape designers and interior decorators of his time, Trumbauer's elegant mansions represent the ultimate expression of a nation's ambition for grandeur and supremacy since those of the Italian Renaissance. Devoid of any wish for personal fame or artistic recognition, he hoped that his work would ultimately speak for itself. As "American Splendor: The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer" demonstrates, it most certainly and eloquently does. In this first monograph on Horace Trumbauer, American Splendor introduces the genius of this American master architect to the world.
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Patrimoine militaire
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Le patrimoine militaire constitue un enjeu majeur de la culture française, tant la construction de fortifications, de casernes, de ports de guerre, est intimement liée aux grands événements de l'hisoire en France et marque encore de manière indélébile la configuration des villes et la constitution des paysages. Cet ouvrage contribue ainsi à mieux faire connaître ces(...)
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December 2002, Paris
Patrimoine militaire
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Le patrimoine militaire constitue un enjeu majeur de la culture française, tant la construction de fortifications, de casernes, de ports de guerre, est intimement liée aux grands événements de l'hisoire en France et marque encore de manière indélébile la configuration des villes et la constitution des paysages. Cet ouvrage contribue ainsi à mieux faire connaître ces innombrables monuments - enceintes, citadelles, forteresses, casernes...
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Moscou : mémoire d'une ville
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Ce parcours d'un piéton amoureux de Moscou en restitue 1a profusion architecturale, en découvre les visages multiples et méconnus : car Moscou n'est pas seulement le Kremlin ni le champ épique des urbanistes soviétiques ni le rutilant décor de la ville d'aujourd'hui. L'auteur fait resurgir la mémoire de Moscou. La ville pieuse des " quarante fois quarante églises ", des(...)
Moscou : mémoire d'une ville
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Ce parcours d'un piéton amoureux de Moscou en restitue 1a profusion architecturale, en découvre les visages multiples et méconnus : car Moscou n'est pas seulement le Kremlin ni le champ épique des urbanistes soviétiques ni le rutilant décor de la ville d'aujourd'hui. L'auteur fait resurgir la mémoire de Moscou. La ville pieuse des " quarante fois quarante églises ", des splendides monastères. L'âge classique, très long et très beau, d'une ville qui demeura malgré la fondation de Pétersbourg, en 1703, le séjour préféré de la noblesse. Les exquis " boulevards ", conservatoire de l'urbanisme ancien. Les domaines de campagne, absorbés dans le tissu même de la ville par l'urbanisation. La foisonnante Moscou capitaliste : gares, usines, magasins, hôtels de marchands, maisons de rapport, musées et théâtres, construits dans les styles les plus divers, au fil des goûts et des techniques. Enfin, l'architecture soviétique: l'époque d'avant-garde, splendide et décisive dans l'histoire de l'architecture mondiale bien qu'elle art peu affecté l'aspect même de sa capitale; l'époque stalinienne, héroïque, historiciste, parfois décriée, mais qui a marqué le visage de la ville comme Haussmann celui de Paris. Délaissant à dessein le style "international" qui s'instaure avec Khrouchtchev et l'agressive vulgarité de l'immobilier contemporain, le livre conduit son lecteur dans le dédale des ruelles, des lieux méconnus que l'on découvre à l'écart et lui fait ressentir le véritable esprit de la ville 1a plus " russe " de Russie. Photograhies d'Alexandre Viktorov, d'Alexandre Rozanov, d'Ekaterina Chorban.
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Le rêve cistercien
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Les cisterciens voulaient mener une vie monastique parfaite, sans compromission avec le siècle. Leur aventure spirituelle, commencée en 1098, est toujours actuelle, et concerne aujourd'hui quelque sept mille moines et moniales. Mais le rêve cistercien va bien au-delà d'une quête confinée aux monastères où vivent des chrétiens épris d'absolu. Il a profondément modifié les(...)
Le rêve cistercien
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Les cisterciens voulaient mener une vie monastique parfaite, sans compromission avec le siècle. Leur aventure spirituelle, commencée en 1098, est toujours actuelle, et concerne aujourd'hui quelque sept mille moines et moniales. Mais le rêve cistercien va bien au-delà d'une quête confinée aux monastères où vivent des chrétiens épris d'absolu. Il a profondément modifié les relations de l'homme à la nature, à la société, à l'art. Dès le XIIe siècle, la volonté de réforme et les aspirations mystiques de solitaires volontairement coupés du monde ont déterminé des métamorphoses qui nous concernent tous. Historien et archéologue, Léon Pressouyre nous convie à ce retour aux sources.
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This book helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach in favour of giving an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally.
Architecture : a very short introduction
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This book helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach in favour of giving an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally.
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This lavishly illustrated book looks at the art and architecture of episcopal palaces as expressions of power and ideology. Tracing the history of the bishop's residence in the urban centers of northern Italy over the Middle Ages, Maureen C. Miller asks why this once rudimentary and highly fortified structure called a domus became a complex and elegant "palace" (palatium)(...)
The bishop's palace : architecture & authority in medieval Italy
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This lavishly illustrated book looks at the art and architecture of episcopal palaces as expressions of power and ideology. Tracing the history of the bishop's residence in the urban centers of northern Italy over the Middle Ages, Maureen C. Miller asks why this once rudimentary and highly fortified structure called a domus became a complex and elegant "palace" (palatium) by the late twelfth century. Miller argues that the change reflects both the emergence of a distinct clerical culture and the attempts of bishops to maintain authority in public life. She relates both to the Gregorian reform movement, which set new standards for clerical deportment and at the same time undercut episcopal claims to secular power. As bishops lost temporal authority in their cities to emerging communal governments, they compensated architecturally and competed with the communes for visual and spatial dominance in the urban center. This rivalry left indelible marks on the layout and character of Italian cities. Moreover, Miller contends, this struggle for power had highly significant, but mixed, results for western Christianity. On the one hand, as bishops lost direct governing authority in their cities, they devised ways to retain status, influence, and power through cultural practices. This response to loss was highly creative. On the other hand, their loss of secular control led bishops to emphasize their spiritual powers and to use them to obtain temporal ends. The coercive use of spiritual authority contributed to the emergence of a "persecuting society" in the central Middle Ages.
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Bungalow colors : exteriors
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Drawing on the works of such Arts & Crafts masters as Greene & Greene, Stickley, and Wright, this new volume outlines the history of colour within the Arts & Crafts movement. Schweitzer provides practical advice for integrating historically accurate colours today. Whether restoring an older bungalow or aiming to impart an authentic flavour to a new Arts & Crafts-style(...)
Bungalow colors : exteriors
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Drawing on the works of such Arts & Crafts masters as Greene & Greene, Stickley, and Wright, this new volume outlines the history of colour within the Arts & Crafts movement. Schweitzer provides practical advice for integrating historically accurate colours today. Whether restoring an older bungalow or aiming to impart an authentic flavour to a new Arts & Crafts-style home, Bungalow Colors: Exteriors focuses on "outside" solutions. Schweitzer addresses exterior walls, windows, roofs, and other architectural features, plus body, trim, accents, stucco, shingles, and clapboards.
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Château de Grignan
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Installé sur un piton rocheux qui domine le Rhône, le château de Grignan est un exemple architectural de la Renaissance dans le sud-est de la France. Rendu célèbre par la marquise de Sévigné qui y fit plusieurs séjours et en vanta les charmes dans les lettres à sa fille, il est consacré pour une bonne part à perpétuer son souvenir.Propriété actuelle du Conseil Général de(...)
Château de Grignan
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Installé sur un piton rocheux qui domine le Rhône, le château de Grignan est un exemple architectural de la Renaissance dans le sud-est de la France. Rendu célèbre par la marquise de Sévigné qui y fit plusieurs séjours et en vanta les charmes dans les lettres à sa fille, il est consacré pour une bonne part à perpétuer son souvenir.Propriété actuelle du Conseil Général de la Drôme, le château de Grignan donne lieu à des programmations culturelles qui offrent aux visiteurs la possibilité de porter un autre regard sur le patrimoine
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This guidebook to the history of architecture in Venice encompasses the city’s variety of buildings from ancient times to the present day. Completely updated, this edition of Deborah Howard’s classic volume, first published in 1980, is filled with new illustrations. Howard traces the entire evolution of Venice’s architecture, placing special emphasis on the political,(...)
The architectural history of Venice
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This guidebook to the history of architecture in Venice encompasses the city’s variety of buildings from ancient times to the present day. Completely updated, this edition of Deborah Howard’s classic volume, first published in 1980, is filled with new illustrations. Howard traces the entire evolution of Venice’s architecture, placing special emphasis on the political, social, and economic framework that supported it. She highlights the achievements of such individual architects as Sansovino, Palladio, Longhena, Massari, and Selva.
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