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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 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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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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September 2002, Oxford
September 2002, Oxford
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History until 1900
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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)(...)
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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)(...)
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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.
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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December 2002, Ithaca, N.Y.
December 2002, Ithaca, N.Y.
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History until 1900
History until 1900
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Bungalow colors : exteriors
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(...)
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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(...)
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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 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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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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September 2002, Layton
September 2002, Layton
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History until 1900
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Château de Grignan
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(...)
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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(...)
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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 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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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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June 2003, Paris
June 2003, Paris
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History until 1900
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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,(...)
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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,(...)
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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.
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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October 2002, New Haven
October 2002, New Haven
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History until 1900
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De la Vierge couronnée aux anges de l’Apocalypse représentés sur les vitraux, des statues des saints à la galerie des rois et au somptueux frontispice, Patrick Demouy livre les derniers secrets du grand chef-d’œuvre architectural de l’art gothique. Une visite hors du commun sur les traces des rois sacrés sous la voûte gothique. Le livre de référence pour comprendre(...)
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De la Vierge couronnée aux anges de l’Apocalypse représentés sur les vitraux, des statues des saints à la galerie des rois et au somptueux frontispice, Patrick Demouy livre les derniers secrets du grand chef-d’œuvre architectural de l’art gothique. Une visite hors du commun sur les traces des rois sacrés sous la voûte gothique. Le livre de référence pour comprendre(...)
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Notre-Dame de Reims: sanctuaire de la royauté sacrée
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De la Vierge couronnée aux anges de l’Apocalypse représentés sur les vitraux, des statues des saints à la galerie des rois et au somptueux frontispice, Patrick Demouy livre les derniers secrets du grand chef-d’œuvre architectural de l’art gothique. Une visite hors du commun sur les traces des rois sacrés sous la voûte gothique. Le livre de référence pour comprendre l’histoire et les symboles de l’ancien sanctuaire de la monarchie française. Patrick Demouy est professeur d’histoire médiévale à l’université de Reims-Champagne-Ardenne.
Notre-Dame de Reims: sanctuaire de la royauté sacrée
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De la Vierge couronnée aux anges de l’Apocalypse représentés sur les vitraux, des statues des saints à la galerie des rois et au somptueux frontispice, Patrick Demouy livre les derniers secrets du grand chef-d’œuvre architectural de l’art gothique. Une visite hors du commun sur les traces des rois sacrés sous la voûte gothique. Le livre de référence pour comprendre l’histoire et les symboles de l’ancien sanctuaire de la monarchie française. Patrick Demouy est professeur d’histoire médiévale à l’université de Reims-Champagne-Ardenne.
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November 2008, Paris
November 2008, Paris
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History until 1900
History until 1900
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When buildings speak: architecture as language in the Habsburg empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933
When buildings speak: architecture as language in the Habsburg empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933
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In When Buildings Speak, Anthony Alofsin explores the rich yet often overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. He shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moreover, he contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language(...)
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In When Buildings Speak, Anthony Alofsin explores the rich yet often overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. He shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moreover, he contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language(...)
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When buildings speak: architecture as language in the Habsburg empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933
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In When Buildings Speak, Anthony Alofsin explores the rich yet often overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. He shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moreover, he contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language and its particular means of expression.
When buildings speak: architecture as language in the Habsburg empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933
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In When Buildings Speak, Anthony Alofsin explores the rich yet often overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. He shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moreover, he contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language and its particular means of expression.
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November 2008, Chicago
November 2008, Chicago
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2009 marks the centennial of the influential Plan of Chicago. Designed by Daniel H. Burnham, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the forward-thinking plan proposed many of the city’s most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. As a result, by the(...)
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2009 marks the centennial of the influential Plan of Chicago. Designed by Daniel H. Burnham, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the forward-thinking plan proposed many of the city’s most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. As a result, by the(...)
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Burnham of Chicago: architects & planner
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2009 marks the centennial of the influential Plan of Chicago. Designed by Daniel H. Burnham, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the forward-thinking plan proposed many of the city’s most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. As a result, by the time he died in 1912, Burnham was one of the most famous architects in America as well as an internationally renowned city planner. Thomas S. Hines’s book is at once both a biography of Burnham and a vivid portrait of the birth and growth of an American city. In commemoration of the historic anniversary of Burnham’s Plan, this edition of Burnham of Chicago includes a new introduction by American history scholar, Neil Harris.
Burnham of Chicago: architects & planner
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2009 marks the centennial of the influential Plan of Chicago. Designed by Daniel H. Burnham, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the forward-thinking plan proposed many of the city’s most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. As a result, by the time he died in 1912, Burnham was one of the most famous architects in America as well as an internationally renowned city planner. Thomas S. Hines’s book is at once both a biography of Burnham and a vivid portrait of the birth and growth of an American city. In commemoration of the historic anniversary of Burnham’s Plan, this edition of Burnham of Chicago includes a new introduction by American history scholar, Neil Harris.
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December 2008, Chicago
December 2008, Chicago
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History until 1900
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This pioneering study explains how one of America's important early cities responded to the challenge of housing its poorer citizens.
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This pioneering study explains how one of America's important early cities responded to the challenge of housing its poorer citizens.
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Baltimore's alley houses: homes for working people since the 1780s
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This pioneering study explains how one of America's important early cities responded to the challenge of housing its poorer citizens.
Baltimore's alley houses: homes for working people since the 1780s
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This pioneering study explains how one of America's important early cities responded to the challenge of housing its poorer citizens.
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September 2008, Baltimore
September 2008, Baltimore
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During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women and men met to debate contemporary ideas and promote the life of the mind. Together, these cultural innovators helped forge new roles for women as influential thinkers, writers, and artists, and their creative achievements were publicly celebrated. Richly illustrated(...)
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During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women and men met to debate contemporary ideas and promote the life of the mind. Together, these cultural innovators helped forge new roles for women as influential thinkers, writers, and artists, and their creative achievements were publicly celebrated. Richly illustrated(...)
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June 2008, New Haven, London
June 2008, New Haven, London
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Brilliant women : 18th-century bluestockings
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During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women and men met to debate contemporary ideas and promote the life of the mind. Together, these cultural innovators helped forge new roles for women as influential thinkers, writers, and artists, and their creative achievements were publicly celebrated. Richly illustrated with portraits, prints, and personal artifacts, "Brilliant women" tells the story of this fascinating group of women. The authors chart the changing fortunes of the female intellectual and explore how a number of bluestocking women, such as artist Angelica Kauffmann, historian Catharine Macaulay, and early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, used portraiture to advance their work and their reputations in a period framed by the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. "Brilliant women" pays tribute to the friendships and achievements of these bluestocking women, presenting new information on the range of cultural activities in which they were engaged, as well as celebrating their legacy.
Brilliant women : 18th-century bluestockings
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During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women and men met to debate contemporary ideas and promote the life of the mind. Together, these cultural innovators helped forge new roles for women as influential thinkers, writers, and artists, and their creative achievements were publicly celebrated. Richly illustrated with portraits, prints, and personal artifacts, "Brilliant women" tells the story of this fascinating group of women. The authors chart the changing fortunes of the female intellectual and explore how a number of bluestocking women, such as artist Angelica Kauffmann, historian Catharine Macaulay, and early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, used portraiture to advance their work and their reputations in a period framed by the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. "Brilliant women" pays tribute to the friendships and achievements of these bluestocking women, presenting new information on the range of cultural activities in which they were engaged, as well as celebrating their legacy.
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June 2008, New Haven, London
June 2008, New Haven, London
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History until 1900
History until 1900
