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Book Synopsis A fundamental work on the use of scripture for decoration and furnishing in Protestant churches Inventory of text use in Calvinist Churches in the Dutch provinces between ca 1575-1800 The visual display of Scripture became common in Dutch Calvinist churches after the "Beeldenstorm": text panels and text paintings filled the lacunas left by removed images and altars. This richly illustrated volume shows how text decoration marked the Reformed appropriation of church space. This book shows how text decoration evolved into an innovative form of Reformed visual culture after iconoclasm, and was used to transform church spaces to accommodate Reformed worship. A story of continuity throughout the Reformation appears in the pre-Reformation roots of designs and spatial arrangements of displayed texts, beyond evident and major change. The work is based on a comprehensive inventory of text panels and text paintings installed in churches throughout the Dutch provinces between ca 1575–1800. A North Sea perspective presents text decoration as a universal Protestant phenomenon, which took different forms according to the liturgical and dogmatic requirements of denominations: from English Ten Commandments boards, and catechism altarpieces in churches in the Lutheran Danish Kingdom, to Lutheran text altarpieces that showcase the presence of Calvinism in northwest Germany.

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Book SynopsisOpen churches are valuable public spaces that embrace new possibilities while continuing to fulfill their liturgical function. The focus of Kirche Raum Gegenwart is the sustainable transformation of these locations in a way that goes beyond purely architectural intervention. Using four case studies from dioceses in southern Germany, the book and traveling exhibition of the same name provide concrete examples of what these changes might look like. Together with relevant stakeholders from the local communities, artists and architects have taken widely varying approaches to the supplementary uses of church spaces. The designs presented in the volume are complemented by fourteen particularly successful church transformations that have already been implemented in southern Germany. In addition to this, written contributions provide deeper insights into the changes occurring within the two largest Christian denominations and the unique requirements of these increasingly frequent spatial transformations.

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Book SynopsisHow to reconcile our idea of the traditional conservatism of Catholicism with the many modernist churches built in the middle of the twentieth century? Osborne shows how, finding links between postwar theology and architectural ambition.

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Book SynopsisPublished in conjunction with a New-York Historical Society exhibition, this photo-filled, pocket-size guidebook by a New York Times senior writer covers 1,079 houses of worship in New York City.Trade ReviewWith 899 photographs and 24 maps, this encyclopedia of congregations and religious buildings in Manhattan is an indispensable resource for anyone who is interested in religion and architecture in the city... [A]n outstanding handbook on religion in Manhattan. Publishers Weekly The simple, poignant images in From Abyssinian to Zion... reveal a Gotham rife with sacred tradition. Time Out New York well-researched and profusely illustrated Black and White MagazineTable of ContentsForeword, by Paul Goldberger Preface Acknowledgments Neighborhood Maps Introduction A-Z Bibliography Credits and Permissions Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book, an important and much-needed contribution to the field of Islamic calligraphy, provides a nuanced and complex study of this enigmatic art form by placing it into a transcultural context and examining it from new vantage points. It is stimulating, carefully thought out, and well documented."—Maryam Ekhtiar, Curator of Islamic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art"Muthanna not only makes a welcome intervention in the larger field of the history of calligraphy, but also highlights the specific practice of mirror writing, which has hitherto received almost no attention. The book brings religion and art together in an innovative and meaningful fashion, and Akın-Kıvanç is to be commended for her courageous pioneering work."—Emine Fetvaci, Boston University"A truly groundbreaking study of a little-understood subject, muthanna (mirror writing) in Arabic script. Although all too often discussed as simple decoration, grounded at least in part by an alleged Islamic prohibition of figural imagery, the author shows that muthanna was, in fact, governed by a complex aesthetic and that its roots go back to inscriptions in Greek, Syriac, Samaritan, and Hebrew. A remarkable work of historical, cross-cultural, and aesthetic scholarship, Professor Akın-Kıvanç's book will doubtless stand as the go-to source for this distinctive, but much misunderstood, subject."—Howard Crane, The Ohio State UniversityTable of ContentsA Note on Transcription and Translation Introduction: Axes Part I: A History of Mirror Writing 1. Perspectives: Previous Scholarship on Mirror Writing 2. Foundations: The Practice of Mirror Writing 3. Orientations: Reversed and Repeated Writing in Non-Arabic and Arabic Scripts 4. Convergences: Mirror Writing in Greek and Arabic 5. Diffractions: Mirror Writing in Arabic Part II: A Theory of Mirror Writing 6. Reflections: Mirrors in Islamic Studies 7. Illuminations: A New Discourse on Mirror Writing 8. Directions: The Single-Letter Muthanna 9. Receptions: Multiletter and Multiword Muthannas 10. Projections: Calligraphic Nazires and Mobility Conclusion: Refractions Works Consulted Index

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Book SynopsisThe Chapels of Notre Dame celebrates the university's unique identity as a Catholic academic community, depicting photographs of the chapels located throughout Notre Dame's campus.Trade Review"It is striking that the idea for the publication of this book came not from the university's officers nor its media office but from a lay person who was inspired by the beauty of one of our chapels when visiting the campus. Like the ancient psalmist who cried out, 'I have loved the beauty of thy house, O Lord' (Psalm 26:8), this visitor saw that the chapels on Notre Dame's campus are an integral part of its story. She was so right that her idea was taken up immediately by the university itself. This beautiful volume is the result of that inspiration." —Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame"From its origins, the University of Notre Dame has attempted to fulfill the ancient Catholic truth that we know God through reason and faith. Faith, of course, is not merely something that is affirmed; it is also performed. This beautiful book illustrates many of those places on our campus where the faith is performed in its formal worship as well as in its informal prayers and devotions. The chapels on the campus of Notre Dame are a visible testimony to our common Catholic faith; a lasting reminder of the generosity of our many benefactors; and an iconic tribute of that beauty coming from human hands as a reflection of the source of all beauty—God." —Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame"Here at Notre Dame, in what John Cardinal O'Hara once called the 'City of the Blessed Sacrament,' in addition to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and Sacred Heart Parish, we have a plethora of chapels which dot the campus and serve as places of worship for various components of our extended community. In this extraordinary pictorial display, we can see in sharp focus chapels in residence halls, in academic buildings, in Holy Cross community space, in the apses of the Basilica itself, and in a variety of other locations. Together, they are a powerful and recurring manifestation of the University's deep commitment to its Catholic nature and identity." —Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame"From the building of the rustic Log Chapel to the most recent residence hall chapels, designated places of worship have reminded the Notre Dame family that the love of God is the first commandment. I am absolutely delighted to see this book come to life, because the history of the Notre Dame chapels is a witness to the bedrock conviction that faith expressed in worship is a foundational element of the University of Notre Dame's mission. . . . Enjoy the guided tour of the most sacred places at Notre Dame. Please be sure to make time to visit some chapels during your next trip to campus." —from the Introduction by Dr. John F. Affleck-Graves, Executive Vice President". . . a large-format collection of more than 200 full-color photographs of 60 chapels located throughout Notre Dame's campus, many of which are tucked away in little-known settings." —Publishers Weekly“This book features 200 full-color photographs taken by Cashore, interspersed with Cunningham’s commentary on the theological, artistic, architectural and historic dimensions of the 57 chapels embedded throughout Notre Dame’s campus.” —NDWorks“In The Chapels of Notre Dame, the university’s most sacred spaces are brought to life in rich color and story. . . . [The book] captures the centrality and significance of Notre Dame’s chapels in the spiritual life of this 170-year-old university.” —Catholic Missourian“The text, by Notre Dame theology professor Lawrence S. Cunningham, provides a picture of the worship in these chapels along with reflections on the traditions, history, architecture and art works that adorn them.” —South Bend Tribune“The Chapels of Notre Dame is a 152-page compendium comprised of the superb full color photography of Matt Cashore, enhanced with the informative commentary of Lawrence S. Cunningham, as each of Notre Dame’s chapels are perfectly showcased in a truly beautiful coffee-table volume that would grace the table and enhance the library collection of anyone of any institution with an interest in the subject.” —Library Bookwatch“Featuring over two hundred full-color photographs of the fifty-seven chapels located throughout the University of Notre Dame’s beloved campus, The Chapels of Notre Dame is a great gift idea for all Notre Dame alumni and friends.” —U.S. Catholic

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Book SynopsisExamines churches and chapels built on campuses during the twentieth century to reveal declining role of religion within the mission of the modern American university.Trade Review"In this important new book, Margaret Grubiak tells the fascinating story of how religion declined on twentieth-century American campuses and yet, at the same time, administrators persisted in building college chapels, including some of great size and striking architectural merit. This well-written and thoroughly researched account reveals much about American architecture but even more about the larger cultural retreat from Protestantism by the nation's intellectual elites. We have long needed such a study, and Grubiak has done a masterful job in presenting it." —W. Barksdale Maynard, Princeton University“In White Elephants on Campus, architectural historian Margaret M. Grubiak examines the changing role of religion within certain elite American universities and colleges and concludes that because these institutions’ core missions and identities are no longer religious, their magnificent chapels and other religiously informed structures have become white elephants. . . . As Grubiak notes, the massive chapels built during the fat 1920s represented university administrators’ attempts to reinforce the notion that religion was a positive and eternal force even as religion’s place in society and the academy was in transition.” —Christian Century"When I first saw the gothic chapel at Princeton University many years ago, I was quite taken aback. It was large, beautiful inside and out with a spectacular stained glass window over the altar, and seemed surprisingly Catholic for a university that I had always taken to be professionally secular, neutral and mainly disinterested in religious matters. Margaret Grubiak's book offers a great deal of enlightenment on the unusual circumstances and controversies over chapel construction and gives intriguing thoughts on the reasons for their decline. When finished with the book, I actually wished for an extension of it into current times to see what has since been the fate of the 'white elephants.'" —America“What can campus architecture tell us about the shifting tides of religion in American higher education? Architectural historian Margaret M. Grubiak addresses this question through five case studies. . . . Grubiak supports her discussion of these symbolically charged building projects with thorough archival work and attention to the architectural and decorative features of the buildings.” —American Historical Review“In taking readers to various campuses, Grubiak, an associate professor of architectural history at Villanova University, places them in the midst of the debates and the decisions regarding not only chapels, but also libraries and science labs. She explains the architectural styles of various structures – explanations that might be a challenge to comprehend for those not versed in that field. But what is more important is her explanation of the significance of those structures, their locations, e.g., the Yale Divinity School being constructed nearly a mile from the campus center, and even their names, e.g., the University of Pittsburgh’s library, the Cathedral of Learning.”—TheBostonPilot.com“The reasons for the building of these white elephants are complicated and fascinating, and Grubiak deftly explores the intersection of the rise of science with the decline of Christianity, and the social and cultural causes and effects of these changes. . . . In the end, Grubiak provides a thorough history that explains architectural shifts in the light of religious shifts in American higher education.”—History of Education Quarterly“Grubiak has written a model micro-history that has macro implications beyond ‘the decline of the university chapel in America, 1920-1960.’ This study demonstrates how buildings reflect the relative strengths of sacred and secular in the university.” —Anglican and Episcopal History“. . . Grubiak traces the declining influence of conventional Christian religion in American higher education, particularly at large, prestigious universities. However, she does not merely rehearse that now familiar narrative; instead, drawing upon her expertise as an architectural historian, Grubiak investigates campus chapels (and some other buildings), demonstrating effectively that they were designed and erected as tangible strategies to secure a continuing, yet contemporary role for religion in university life even as scientific disciplines gained prominence. Scholars of higher education, American religion, and religious architecture, as well as those involved in campus ministry, will find the book engaging and instructive.” —Lutheran Quarterly“What is the relationship between architecture and cultural, social, religious, and spiritual values? To what extent do our buildings reflect our core values and commitments? . . . Margaret M. Grubiak approaches these questions through a particular lens: religious buildings, notably chapels, on the campuses of what she identifies as ‘elite’ American universities, each of which had something of a Protestant heritage, including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Yale, and MIT.” —International Journal of Christianity and Education“By presenting the history of the plans for and construction of chapel buildings on private university campuses, Margaret M. Grubiak advances the argument that colleges and universities in the United States became more secularized in the twentieth century. Especially interesting is Grubiak’s inclusion in her study of nonchapel buildings that were given religious meaning and design.” —The Catholic Historical Review

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this beautifully illustrated and carefully researched book, Chanchani offers an innovative breakthrough study of the religion, art, architecture, and culture of the northern Ganga River and central Himalayan area. . . . This study is as pleasurable to read as it is informative. The ideas Chanchani puts forth are provocative and will interest scholars, in various disciplines, who work on the region. Nonspecialists who are curious about the region will also appreciate this work." * CHOICE *"[A]n indispensable resource." * The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians *"[B]eautifully written, deeply engrossing, and insightfully interdisciplinary book." * Journal of Asian Studies *"This delightful, well-illustrated study of Central Himalayan temple architecture and statuary marks a significant addition to the history of Uttarakhand." * The Indian Economic and Social History Review *"The author’s holistic approach is particularly stimulating; he does not look at temples simply as archaeological monuments inserted into an often-blurry historical context, but as symptoms of larger phenomena that he investigates, combining geographical, ecological, literary, historical, political, social, epigraphical, religious, cultural, stylistic and architectural perspectives." * Arts Asiatiques *"An essential text for art historians, central Himalayan scholars, or anyone interested in artifact-based research. It is carefully and incisively written, visually lush with over 100 images...and almost every chapter has a dedicated map focused on that chapter’s sites." * Reading Religion *

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Book SynopsisSt. Paul is generally considered the first Christian hermit, and the monastery built around his cave in Egypt is one of the very oldest. This sumptuous volume grew out of a conservation project of the monastery's superb wall paintings, which were broadly produced in two phases in the 13th and 18th centuries.

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Book SynopsisFor over a millennium Durham has occupied a central place in English religious history, with its Norman rebuilding (1093-1133) marking it as an internationally significant masterpiece in the history of architecture. This volume offers a comprehensive account, on the founding, development, building and decoration of this important edifice.Trade Review‘The life as well as the liturgy of the cathedral is celebrated in photographs… This is a story told by 30 contributors, all witness to the pride of the place cathedrals retain in the community.’—Marcus Binney, the Times. -- Marcus Binney * The Times *‘This volume draws together a very broad array of recent research. It’s range is progidious, stretching from the conception of the physical building… to it’s intellectual, liturgical and spiritual context’—Gabriel Byng, TLS. -- Gabriel Byng * TLS *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is a high-quality production with magnificent photographs...The text contains a serious discussion of the history and philosophy of war cemeteries (by no means confined to the Great War) and explores the differing aesthetics and objectives of the various warring nations.”—Richard Mawrey, The Historic Gardens Foundation Newsletter “A wonderful photographic voyage into a variety of European war cemeteries dating from the First World War to the present”—Jonathan Trigg, Church Monuments

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“A highly scholarly and perceptive book about a complicated, enigmatic dynasty: the Fatimids. The author explains the meaning of early Fatimid architecture in Tunisia and Egypt by probing their sectarian identity and bid for political legitimacy.”—D. Fairchild Ruggles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign“This book offers a new reading of Fatimid architecture and urbanism, using texts, archaeology, and monuments to explore artistic creation—and destruction—against a backdrop of contested medieval religious identities and the negotiation of sectarian differences.”—Glaire Anderson, University of Edinburgh

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection illuminates many previously unexplored aspects of the Basilica of San Lorenzo’s history, extending from its Early Christian foundation to the modern era. San Lorenzo depicts this church as a living Florentine institution, continually reshaped by complex historical forces.Trade ReviewThe scholars go inside and out and from bottom to top, and they deal with the entire complex—the basilica’s architecture, paintings, and sculpture along with that in the sacristies, cloisters, library, Medici Chapel, and piazza—and they present its role in Florentine urbanism, culture, politics, and patronage; address liturgy, preaching, music, and its personnel and operations, even a kitchen sink, neglecting almost nothing. -- C. W. Westfall * Choice *

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Book SynopsisThrough years of fieldwork in Oaxaca, Mexico, art historian and archaeologist Alessia Frassani formulated a compelling question: How did Mesoamerican society maintain its distinctive cultural heritage? In Building Yanhuitlan, she focuses on an imposing structure - a sixteenth-century Dominican monastery complex in the village of Yanhuitlan.Trade ReviewSolidly researched and expertly written, Building Yanhuitlan covers the dramatic confrontation of Spanish and native Mixtec culture and the resulting synthesis of these two powerful traditions. The quantity and quality of historical resources employed here are unprecedented for the Mixteca, Oaxaca, or any other area of central New Spain or Mexico."" - Ronald Spores, coauthor of The Mixtecs of Oaxaca: Ancient Times to the Present

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Book SynopsisExplores how religious institutions used landscapes and architecture to express their religious and social ideologies. The book focuses on three religious institutions in the US South in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Trade ReviewThe Archaeology of Protestant Landscapes contributes to a growing awareness in archaeology of the importance of and approaches to using material culture to tease out notions of religious belief, social and political ideology, and identity through the interpretation of religious landscapes. Using comparative examples to identify and analyze landscape patterns, Pyszka offers viable interpretations for variances across three specific religious landscapes in eighteenth- through twentieth-century America. By applying ideas developed in other landscape and church archaeology studies to this American context, Pyszka has moved the study of religious landscapes a step farther." —C. Riley AugÉ, author of Field Manual for the Archaeology of Ritual, Religion, and Magic

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Book SynopsisA close analysis of the architecture of the stupa—a Buddhist symbolic form that is found throughout South, Southeast, and East Asia. The author, who trained as an architect, examines both the physical and metaphysical levels of these buildings, which...Trade ReviewThis volume is without a doubt the most complete presentation of this infinitely complex phenomenon. * Journal of Asian Studies *

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Book SynopsisA history of the second-oldest Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, published in honour of its 250th anniversaryTrade Review"This is the most beautifully presented church history I have ever seen. The author team skillfully weaves together many strands of a venerable Philadelphia church: the architectural history of St. Peter's; the troubled times that divided the church during the American Revolution and Civil War; the outreach mission efforts, mostly by female parishioners, when the church was surrounded by the struggling poor of the late nineteenth century; and the stirring rebirth of the church in recent decades after it almost closed its doors. Utterly frank in discussing the church's low points as well as high points, it is a fascinating exploration of one of Philadelphia's treasures."—Gary B. Nash, Professor of History Emeritus and Director, National Center for History in the Schools, UCLATable of ContentsIntroductionForeword by (The Rev.) Ledie I. Laughlin, 20th Rector, St. Peter's ChurchSection 1: 1761-1836Chapter 1: Let the Building SpeakChapter 2: The Sacred Cause of LibertyChapter 3: A St. Peter's ContinuumSection 2: 1836-1865Chapter 4: The Churches DisunitedChapter 5: The Building EvolvesChapter 6: The Industrial City: 1836-1845Chapter 7: St. Peter's and the Oxford MovementChapter 8: Civil War Divides the CitySection 3: 1865-1911Chapter 9: St. Peter's Reaches OutChapter 10: From a Side Pew: Meditiations on the "Saints"Chapter 11: The Jewish Mission: Rev. Andrew WeinsteinSection 4: 1911-PresentChapter 12: "...No longer a Wealthy Parish"Chapter 13: The Choir School: The Gilbert YearsChapter 14: 1950-1962: Transition and RenewalChapter 15: The '70s and Beyond: Behold, I Make All Things New...Section 5: The People of St. Peter'sChapter 16: The ChurchyardChapter 17: The Rectors of St. Peter's ChurchChapter 18: Members of the CongregationChapter 19: "A House of Prayer for All People"

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Book SynopsisFocuses 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. Although the model for the dome was widely known, the question of how this was to be accomplished was the great challenge of the age.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the multifaceted history of the Middle East, Kishwar Rizvi offers a richly illustrated analysis of the role of transnational mosques in the construction of contemporary Muslim identity. As Rizvi explains, transnational mosques are structures built through the support of both government sponsorshipand diverse transnational networks.Trade ReviewClearly written, finely illustrated, and wonderfully organized . . . will be of enormous value to anyone interested in how the state ideology in the Middle East is manifest in the built environment. Highly recommended." - Choice"It goes without saying that this is a timely volume, not only because it looks at the mosque as a key site of cultural politics in a world where political tension over religious difference prevails but also because of its methodological framework exposing the fallacy of representing Islam as a monolith. Nevertheless, it would be a mistake to limit The Transnational Mosque to a study on Islamic rchitecture; the book provides invaluable insights on the politics of architecture." - Art Bulletin"The Transnational Mosque represents an extremely timely return to the study of religious architecture as part of our contemporary cultural landscape. It provides a well-researched and articulate narration of architectural projects that exceed national borders, grounded in remarkably cogent summaries of local politics and histories." - Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

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Book SynopsisChronicles 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. Combining detailed archival research, participant observation and oral history work, it explores the transformation of three northwestern Russian towns from provincial backwaters into the symbolic homelands of the Soviet and Russian nations.The book''s central argument is that the Soviet state exploited the cultural heritage of the Northwest to craft patriotic narratives of the people''s genius, heroism and strength that could bind the nation together after 1945. Through sustained engagement with local voices, it reveals the ways these narratives were internalized, revised, and resisted by the communities living in the region.Donovan provides an alternative lens through which to view the rise of Russian patriotic consciousness in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, adding a valuaTrade ReviewVictoria Donovan's book on preservation, architecture, and regional identity in Northwest Russia provides a useful corrective to works that have looked at the attempts to preserve medieval and folk Russian architecture as an episode mainly in Russian nationalism and chauvinism. * The Russian Review *Chronicles in Stone tells us a great deal, not only about patriotism and the imagined nation but also of how historical memory is curated by regional actors, as well as the struggles and deal-making between the political centre and the periphery. * Europe-Asia Studies *[Donovan] skillfully weaves her rich and detailed discussion of local dynamics into the national context of the past and present. * Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (JSPPS) *Whereas studies of such topics underscore the rupture of 1991, Victoria Donovan's monograph emphasizes the continuities of the postwar Soviet society in the present. Her book is part of a recent trend in historical scholarship to investigate the protection, preservation, and restoration of cultural heritage in state socialism societies. * AB IMPERIO *Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Phoenixes from the Ashes: Postwar Reconstruction as a Patriotic Duty 2. Zapovedniks or Tourist Resorts? Marketing Heritage to National Audiences 3. Landscapes of Living History: Folk Architecture in the National Imaginary 4. Burnt-Out Fairy Tales: Preservation as a Metaphor for Loss After Socialism 5. Guardians of Our Heritage: Rebranding the Northwest in the Putin Era 6. "Every Centimeter of this Ground is History": Heritage, Narrative, and Identity Conclusion Appendix Selected Bibliography Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA vital collection of interdisciplinary essays that illuminates the significance of Marian shrines and promises to teach scholars how to “read” them for decades to come. American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism is a collection of twelve essays that examine the historical and contemporary roles of Marian shrines in US Catholicism. The essays in this collection use historical, ethnographic, and comparative methods to explore how Catholics have used Marian devotion to make an imprint on the physical and religious landscape of the United States. Using the dynamic malleability of Marian shrines as a starting place for studying US Catholicism, each chapter reconsiders the American religious landscape from the perspective of a single shrine to Mary and asks: What does this shrine reveal about US Catholicism and about American religion? Each of the contributors in American Patroness examines why and how Marian shrines persist in the twenty-first century and subsequently uses that examination to re-read contemporary US Catholicism. Because shrines are not neutral spaces—they reflect and shape the elastic yet strict boundaries of what counts as Catholic identity, and who controls prayer practices—the studies in this collection also shed light on the contested dynamics of these holy sites. American Patroness demonstrates that Marian shrines continue to be places where an American Catholic identity is continuously worked on, negotiations about power occur, and Marian relationships are fostered and nurtured in spaces that are simultaneously public and intimate.Table of ContentsIntroduction | 1 Katherine Dugan and Karen E. Park Part I: Mapping Marian Places “Lourdes of the Southwest”: The Borderlands Transformation of a Nineteenth-Century French Shrine Adrienne Nock Ambrose | 21 “Guadalupe Represents La Cultura”: A Mexican American Mural-Shrine in California Lloyd Barba | 44 A Global Odyssey: Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the Promise to “Make Her Known” Patrick J. Hayes | 67 The Battle of Bayside: Contesting Religious Topographies in an Urban Apparition Site Joseph P. Laycock | 92 Part II: Shifting Marian Meanings Fatima Family Shrine: Reinterpreting Mary on the South Dakota Prairie Katherine Dugan | 117 Consolation’s Many Faces: Ethnic Intersections at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio David J. Endres | 139 American Czestochowa: Polish Piety and Haitian Hybridities of Marian Meaning in Pennsylvania Terry Rey | 159 The National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima: Meaning Making at a Cold War Niagara Falls Tourist Shrine Karen E. Park | 183 Part III: Devotional Creativity at Marian Shrines Digital Devotion: Marian Shrines Online Kayla Harris | 205 Our Lady of the Underpass: Sacred and Social Space in the City Stephen Selka | 222 Materiality and Attachment: Universality and Locality at Roman Catholic Pilgrimage Sites Claire Vaughn and James S. Bielo | 244 “These Are Our Saints”: A Lourdes Shrine, the St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children, and the Catholic Remaking of Cognitive Disability Andrew Walker-Cornetta | 261 Acknowledgments | 287 Bibliography | 289 List of Contributors | 307 Index | 309

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Book SynopsisA vital collection of interdisciplinary essays that illuminates the significance of Marian shrines and promises to teach scholars how to “read” them for decades to come. American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism is a collection of twelve essays that examine the historical and contemporary roles of Marian shrines in US Catholicism. The essays in this collection use historical, ethnographic, and comparative methods to explore how Catholics have used Marian devotion to make an imprint on the physical and religious landscape of the United States. Using the dynamic malleability of Marian shrines as a starting place for studying US Catholicism, each chapter reconsiders the American religious landscape from the perspective of a single shrine to Mary and asks: What does this shrine reveal about US Catholicism and about American religion? Each of the contributors in American Patroness examines why and how Marian shrines persist in the twenty-first century and subsequently uses that examination to re-read contemporary US Catholicism. Because shrines are not neutral spaces—they reflect and shape the elastic yet strict boundaries of what counts as Catholic identity, and who controls prayer practices—the studies in this collection also shed light on the contested dynamics of these holy sites. American Patroness demonstrates that Marian shrines continue to be places where an American Catholic identity is continuously worked on, negotiations about power occur, and Marian relationships are fostered and nurtured in spaces that are simultaneously public and intimate.Table of ContentsIntroduction | 1 Katherine Dugan and Karen E. Park Part I: Mapping Marian Places “Lourdes of the Southwest”: The Borderlands Transformation of a Nineteenth-Century French Shrine Adrienne Nock Ambrose | 21 “Guadalupe Represents La Cultura”: A Mexican American Mural-Shrine in California Lloyd Barba | 44 A Global Odyssey: Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the Promise to “Make Her Known” Patrick J. Hayes | 67 The Battle of Bayside: Contesting Religious Topographies in an Urban Apparition Site Joseph P. Laycock | 92 Part II: Shifting Marian Meanings Fatima Family Shrine: Reinterpreting Mary on the South Dakota Prairie Katherine Dugan | 117 Consolation’s Many Faces: Ethnic Intersections at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio David J. Endres | 139 American Czestochowa: Polish Piety and Haitian Hybridities of Marian Meaning in Pennsylvania Terry Rey | 159 The National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima: Meaning Making at a Cold War Niagara Falls Tourist Shrine Karen E. Park | 183 Part III: Devotional Creativity at Marian Shrines Digital Devotion: Marian Shrines Online Kayla Harris | 205 Our Lady of the Underpass: Sacred and Social Space in the City Stephen Selka | 222 Materiality and Attachment: Universality and Locality at Roman Catholic Pilgrimage Sites Claire Vaughn and James S. Bielo | 244 “These Are Our Saints”: A Lourdes Shrine, the St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children, and the Catholic Remaking of Cognitive Disability Andrew Walker-Cornetta | 261 Acknowledgments | 287 Bibliography | 289 List of Contributors | 307 Index | 309

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Book SynopsisA compelling study of what makes a sacred place sacred From ancient temp les to modern churches, synagogues, and mosques, architects throughout history have invested their creative energies to design sacred spaces. Many cultures devoted considerable resources to their sacred architecture, and sacred spaces are among the most impressive and permanent structures created by humanity.Author Douglas R. Hoffman explores sacredness in houses of worship and examines the critical question of what architectural elements contribute to make sacred space. His underlying premise is that sacred space, while ephemeral, can be perceived and understood through a careful investigation of its architecture. After laying out the definition and architectural attributes of sacred space, Hoffman examines four contemporary American examples: the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, Adath Jeshurun Synagogue in Minnetonka, Minnesota, the Islamic Cultural Center in New York City, and Riverbend Church in Austin, Texas.Illustrated with dozens of color photographs, Seeking the Sacred in Contemporary Religious Architecture presents the notion of the sacred in a cogent, engaging way that can be understood and appreciated by all, even as it will be valued by religious and architectural historians and scholars.

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Book SynopsisEach year in the United States, hundreds of religious buildings and schools become vacant or underutilized as congregations and populations merge, move, or diminish. These structures are often well located, attractive, eligible for tax credits, and available for redevelopment. In this practical and innovative handbook, authors Simons, DeWine, and Ledebur have compiled a step-by-step guide to finding sustainable new uses for vacant structures. The reuse of these important buildings offers those charged with revitalizing them an opportunity to capture their embodied energy, preserve local beloved landmarks, and boost sustainability. Rehabbing presents an opportunity for developers to recoup some value from these assets. Neighbors and other stakeholders also enjoy benefits as the historic structures are retained and the urban fabric of communities is preserved. Retired, Rehabbed, Reborn features ten in-depth case studies of adaptive reuse outcomes for religious buildings and public schools that have achieved varying degrees of success. Several case vignettes appear within various chapters to illustrate specific points. The book is a useful tool for architects, planners, developers, and others interested in reusing these important structures. In addition to covering the demographics of demand and supply for historic buildings, the authors demonstrate how to identify a worthy project and how to determine a building’s highest and best use, its market potential, and its financial feasibility, including costs and public subsidies. Finally, they address the planning process and how to time the redevelopment and repurposing of these venerable buildings. Simons, DeWine, and Ledebur explain that while each rehab deal is unique and tricky—especially for prominent community structures that hold significant nostalgic and historical value to community stakeholders—there are identifiable patterns of successful and unsuccessful approaches, patterns that are addressed in turn throughout the redevelopment process. As the nation moves toward a mind-set and practice of recycling, reusing, and repurposing, this unique exploration of how that applies to buildings is an essential guide for anyone interested in being part of the process as communities develop and change.

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Book SynopsisThe Unitarian religious tradition was a product of the same eighteenth-century democratic ideals that fueled the American Revolution and informed the founding of the United States. Its liberal humanistic principles influenced institutions such as Harvard University and philosophical movements like Transcendentalism. Yet, its role in the history of American architecture is little known and studied.In American Unitarian Churches, Ann Marie Borys argues that the progressive values and identity of the Unitarian religion are intimately intertwined with ideals of American democracy and visibly expressed in the architecture of its churches. Over time, church architecture has continued to evolve in response to developments within the faith, and many contemporary projects are built to serve religious, practical, and civic functions simultaneously. Focusing primarily on churches of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple and Louis Kahn's First Unitarian Church, Borys explores building histories, biographies of leaders, and broader sociohistorical contexts. As this essential study makes clear, to examine Unitarianism through its churches is to see American architecture anew, and to find an authentic architectural expression of American democratic identity.

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Book SynopsisEminent French literature professor R. Howard Bloch has become renowned for his insider tours of Paris, given to college students abroad. Long sought after for his encyclopaedic knowledge of French cathedrals, Bloch has at last decided to share his intimate knowledge with a wider audience. Here, six cathedrals—Saint-Denis, Chartres, Sainte-Chapelle, Reims, Amiens and Notre-Dame—are illumined in magnificent detail as Bloch, taking us from the High Middle Ages to the devastating fire that set Notre-Dame ablaze in 2019, traces the evolution of each in turn. Contextualising the cathedrals within the annals of French history, Bloch animates the past with lush evocations of architectural splendour—high-flying buttresses and jewel-encrusted shrines, hidden burial grounds and secret chambers—and thrilling tales of kingly intrigue, audacious architects and the meeting of aristocratic and everyday life. Complete with the author’s own photographs, Paris and Her Cathedrals vitally enhances our understanding of the history of Paris and its environs.

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Book SynopsisThis unique exploration of a lost religious and cultural artifact breathes new life into a forgotten but fascinating aspect of eighteenth-century Polish Jewry. Thomas C. Hubka, an architectural historian, immersed himself in medieval and early modern Jewish history, religion, and culture to prepare for this remarkable study of the eighteenth-century Polish synagogue in the town of Gwozdziec, now in present-day Ukraine. Because the Gwozdziec Synagogue, like so many others, was destroyed by the Nazis, this book revives a spiritual community lost to history. Hubka selected the Gwozdziec Synagogue because of the completeness of its photographic and historical records. Graced with nearly two hundred historical photographs, architectural drawings, maps, diagrams, and color illustrations, Resplendent Synagogue vividly recreates the spiritual heart of a once-vibrant Jewish population. Hubka demonstrates that while the architectural exterior of the synagogue was largely the product of non-Jewish, regional influences, the interior design and elaborate wall-paintings signified a distinctly Jewish art form. The collaboration of Jewish and Gentile builders, craftsmen, and artists in the creation of this magnificent wooden structure attests to an eighteenth-century period of relative prosperity and communal well-being for the Jews of Gwozdziec. Part of a tradition that was later abandoned by Eastern European Jewish communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this truly resplendent synagogue exemplified a high point in Jewish architectural art and religious painting. Trade Review“Hubka’s book exhibits a fine blend of scholarship, accessibility, and panache. In fact, Hubka’s is the only book in the field of Jewish architecture that attempts to contextualize a building with such specificity and with such a broad sense of the way it belongs in its immediate and more extensive cultural surroundings. It is unique in using architecture to fill in details of the relatively undiscovered country of pre-Hasidic Eastern Europe. The extrapolations it invites are essential to understanding the period and place, making Hubka’s thesis a force to be reckoned with.” -- Marc M. Epstein, associate professor, Religion and Jewish studies, Vassar College“Thomas Hubka has found an extraordinary new gateway back into a lost Jewish past. Through the meticulous analysis of a single wooden synagogue, he opens before us the nearly undocumented pre-Hasidic popular culture of Eastern European Jews.” -- Michael Steinlauf, associate professor of history, Gratz CollegeTable of ContentsForewordIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsTwo Grandfathers1. Synagogue and Community2. Conceptions and Misconceptions3. Architecture4. Wall-Paintings5. Historical Context6. Design of the Synagogue7. The Meaning of the Remodeled CupolaAppendixNotesBibliographyAfterwordIndex

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Book SynopsisHow the Anglican church responded to population growth and the need for more accommodation, with the building of 1500 new churches, many of the finest quality. This book is the first comprehensive study of late-Georgian church-building. After centuries of post-Reformation inactivity, the Church of England began to address the desperate shortage of accommodation and build on a huge scale. Almost all the leading architects were involved and, amongst approximately 1500 new churches there are some outstanding designs; buildings of the very highest order architecturally. In this pioneering study, the churches are considered free from the Ecclesiological zeal that condemned them and has, for so long, prevented their serious study. It will celebrate the best of them and provide valuable insights into the design and planning of the whole corpus. There will be many revelations. Included is a thorough examination of the stylistic alternatives and contemporary liturgical imperatives, along with their architectural implications. And the book explores a lost world of late-Georgian churchgoing: what people expected and experienced in a church service. Also considered are some of the period's remarkable material and constructional innovations, ones often exploited in church-building, along with the provision of architectural services in the era that preceded full professionalisation.Trade ReviewThis is a rich, readable book, from which all who are interested in both church and chapel architecture will profit. It is to be recommended highly. -- Ted Royle * The Chapels Society *Anyone with an interest in church architecture will find much that is unfamiliar and fascinating here, presented in readable prose and shown in excellent illustrations. -- Peter Howell * Art Newspaper *Let me state at the outset that this is a fine piece of book-making in every way. Beautifully and comprehensively illustrated, well designed and printed on good paper, with a text that is both scholarly and readable, it is also a much-needed volume, dealing with a neglected and under-valued period in the history of English church-building. -- James Stevens Curl * New English Review *The book is beautifully produced, and written in an accessible style. Its nationwide coverage and well-informed commentary entitle it to be considered as the definitive work on the subject. -- Graham Parry * Ecclesiology Today *Filled with wonderful illustrations, a comprehensive bibliography and full-bodied index, this beautifully presented volume is, by its own admission, 'the first comprehensive study of late-Georgian church-building'. -- Paul Holden * Journal of Historic Buildings & Places *Through a multitude of examples and a profusion of stunning photographs, Webster successfully shows the real originality and interest of many of these projects. His text will open a whole new world to readers - one in which circular churches, octagonal churches, and churches supported by iron columns all seemed highly desirable. -- Revd Dr William Whyte * Church Times *Table of Contents1) Introduction 2) The Church in Danger 3) Ecclesiastical Architecture and the Question of Style 4) Church Designers and their World 5) Constructional and Decorative Innovation in Church-building 6) Designing for Worship: the practical issues 7) Planning Liturgical Spaces 8) Late-Georgian Worship 9) Seating the Congregation 10) Late Eighteenth Century Church-building: the final triumph of Classicism 11) Church-building 1800-1820 12) The Gothic Revival in West Yorkshire and Liverpool 1800-1820 13) Design Debates and Solutions, c1820: the Commissioners, the ICBS and publications 14) Church-building in the 1820s 15) Church-building in London c1790-1830: from Classical to Gothic 16) Church-building in South-East Lancashire c1790-1830: the role of the clergy 17) Church-building in the 1830s 18) A Brave New World? 19) Conclusions 20) Select bibliography 21) Select gazetteer 22) Index

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Book SynopsisVictorian churches were often of high quality, reflecting in physical terms the intense theological debates of the time. This highly-illustrated book by a leading authority describes many of the finest examples. Many churches were built in England during the reign of Queen Victoria: most were in various varieties of Gothic Revival. Often exquisitely furnished, they were visible expressions of the presence and importance of religion at the time. Their architectural qualities reflected aspirations of clergy, laity, and individual benefactors. The finest were the results of passionate commitment to an architecture soundly based on scholarly studies known as Ecclesiology. James Stevens Curl places English churches of the period in their complex social and denominational settings, giving comprehensive accounts of the religious atmosphere and controversies of the times. He charts the progress and development of the Gothic Revival, explains differences in the architecture of various denominations, outlines the influences of the chief protagonists involved, and describes the demands made on craftsmen and industry to produce the materials, furnishings, and fittings necessary in making some of the finest buildings ever created in England. He reveals something of the individuals and events that shaped the religious climate of the epoch, while specially commissioned illustrations reveal the rich variety found in Victorian churches.Trade ReviewBeautifully illustrated study that makes a valuable contribution to the recognition of Catholic churches. -- Elena Curti * THE TABLET *[The book] can be read as a work of scholarship; one that spans two distinct but related disciplines, namely Victorian church architecture and nineteenth-century ecclesiology. As an authoritative survey and critique of the finest examples of nineteenth-century English church building, it would be difficult to better. -- Graham Cunningham * Journal of Victorian Culture *A very full and eloquent guide ... The architectural theories are clearly set in the developing ideas-aesthetic and ecclesiastical-of the time. -- Selby Whittingham * THE JACKDAW *Illustrated with large numbers of excellent colour images, it sets churches of the period in historical context and crosses the denominational divides that so often obscure an overall understanding of what was going on. It is a timely reminder of the extraordinary riches of English church buildings. -- John Goodall * COUNTRY LIFE *We should be grateful that Professor Curl and John Hudson Publishing have produced such an attractive book between them. -- Michael Hodges * Catholic Herald *Curl has produced the best study to date of Victorian church architecture and has been well served by his publisher: the book is a model of clear and elegant design, well served by a high standard of production. -- Kenneth Powell * New Directions *Curl is as expert in dealing with the doctrinal traditions...... Curl's knowledge is breath-taking.... Curl has strong views and doesn't pull punches.... -- Bernard Richards * Oxford Magazine *This is an enriching read, replete with a full glossary (including pocket essays on "Gothic" and "Gothic Revival") and excellent illustrations. It's worth singling out the physical qualities of this book, too. In an age in which limp and drear print-on-demand books become ever more common, this carefully designed and well-made volume is a pleasure. -- Roger Bowdler * The Critic *the book is a magnificent sweep of the history of one of the great ages of church-building -- Jeremy Musson * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *Table of ContentsPreface and acknowledgements Foreword - Rev Barry A Orford 1 - An Introduction to Denominations and Victorian Churches 2 - Architecture, Antiquarianism, and Styles 3 - The Religious Atmosphere in the 1830s and 1840s 4 - Recusants, Goths, Converts, Ultramontanes, and Controversies 5 - The Anglican Revival 6 - The Search for an Ideal 7 - Church Architecture of the 1850s, 1860s, and early 1870s 8 - The Late-Victorian Anglican Church in Several Manifestations 9 - Non-Anglican Buildings for Religious Observance 10 - Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisChanges in the layout of the cathedral and its close traced over 600 years, using Norwich as a case-study. Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award What explains the layout of the cathedral and its close? What ideas and beliefs shaped this familiar landscape? Through this pioneering study of the development of theclose of Norwich cathedral - one of the most important buildings in medieval England - from its foundation in 1096 up to c.1700, the author looks at changes in cathedral landscape, both sacred and social. Using evidence from history, archaeology and other disciplines, Professor Gilchrist reconstructs both the landscape and buildings of the close, and the transformations in their use and meaning over time. Much emphasis is placed on the layout and the ways in which buildings and spaces were used and perceived by different groups. Patterns observed at Norwich are then placed in the context of other cathedral priories, allowing a broader picture to emerge of the development of the English cathedral landscape over six centuries. Roberta Gilchrist is Professor of Archaeology and Research Dean at the University of Reading. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and held the post of Archaeologist toNorwich Cathedral for 12 years.Trade ReviewOne of the great successes of Gilchrist's book is to populate those marvellous building we can still admire in the 21st century with some of the living, breathing people who once called them home. * EASTERN DAILY PRESS *Given its complementary verbal and illustrative wealth as well as its historical, archival, archaeological, and architectural historical breadth, this is a consequential book that deserves to be broadly consulted. * SPECULUM *This splendid book is groundbreaking and fundamental. Immensely learned but also well written and effectively designed to be accessible to a wide audience. Essential. * CHOICE *This excellent book is the most detailed treatment to date of such a landscape, packed with detail and new insights. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *Splendid...triumphantly demonstrates how much more can be learnt not only about cathedral priories but about monasteries more generally. * SOUTHERN HISTORY *This splendid book provides insights to both the division of a location into sacred, public, private and functional spaces, as well as investigating the various religious and social influences upon changes in a landscape through time. Always an exhilarating read. * LANDSCAPE HISTORY *[A] splendid new book. [...] An impressive and important book [which] will deservedly remain for many years a standard work of reference. * NORFOLK & NORWICH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER *A seminal work of scholarship: a vital reference for all future historians and archaeologists of this and other cathedral-priories. * THE CHURCH TIMES *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Norwich Cathedral in Context Norwich Cathedral: Defining the Medieval Landscape Entering the Monastic Precinct: Zoning, Access and the Outer Court Monastic Memory and Meaning: The Church, Cloister and Cemeteries Community, Hierarchy and Hospitality: The Claustral Ranges Landscapes of Power: The Bishop's Palace and the Prior's Lodging Charity and Commerce: The Infirmary and the Inner Court The New Order: The Post-Medieval Cathedral Close, 1538 - c.1700 Reading Sacred and Social Space in the English Cathedral Landscape

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Book SynopsisThe first full-scale study of the medieval funerary monuments of South Wales. South Wales is an area blessed with an eclectic, but largely unknown, monumental heritage, ranging from plain cross slabs to richly carved effigial monuments on canopied tomb-chests. As a group, these monuments closely reflect theturbulent history of the southern march of Wales, its close links to the West Country and its differences from the 'native Wales' of the north-west. As individuals, they offer fascinating insights into the spiritual and secular concerns of the area's culturally diverse elites. Church Monuments in South Wales is the first full-scale study of the medieval funerary monuments of this region offering a much-needed Celtic contribution to the growingcorpus of literature on the monumental culture of late-medieval Europe, which for the British Isles has been hitherto dominated by English studies. It focuses on the social groups who commissioned and were commemorated by funerary monuments and how this distinctive memorial culture reflected their shifting fortunes, tastes and pre-occupations at a time of great social change. Rhianydd Biebrach has taught medieval history at the universities ofSwansea, Cardiff and South Wales and edited the journal Church Monuments. She currently works for Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales.Trade ReviewAn extremely competent, interesting and well set-out study of an important subject. * CHURCH MONUMENTS *Attractive and authoritative volume, enhanced by some excellent photographs. * ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS *A welcome contribution to growing scholarship on commemoration of this kind. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *Fills a large gap in our knowledge as regards south Wales. * MORGANNWG Journal of Glamorgan History *This book is an impressive piece of work that is a worthy addition to the expanding body of scholarship on the monumental culture of late medieval Britain. In addition to church monuments enthusiasts, the book will attract anyone interested in late medieval commemoration and material culture. It also offers a significant contribution to the study of Wales during the late Middle Ages. -- Matthew Ward * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction. South Wales from the Thirteenth to the Early Sixteenth Century An Overview of Welsh Monuments Patrons and Subjects: The Social Status of those Commissioning and Commemorated by Monuments in South Wales Materials, Production and Supply Spirituality and the Desire for Salvation Secular Concerns Afterlife Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEssays exploring the influence of the sacred buildings of Jerusalem on architecture worldwide. Jerusalem - earthly and heavenly, past, present and future - has always informed the Christian imagination: it is the intersection of the divine and human worlds, of time and eternity. Since the fourth century, it has been the site of the round Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the empty tomb acknowledged by Constantine as the tomb of Christ. Nearly four hundred years later, the Sepulchre's rotunda was rivalled by the octagon of the Dome of the Rock. The city itself and these two glorious buildings within it remain, to this day, the focus of pilgrimage and of intense devotion. Jerusalem and its numinous buildings have been distinctively re-imagined and re-presented in the design, topography, decoration and dedications of some very striking and beautiful churches and cities in Western Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Ethiopia. Some are famous, others are in the West almost unknown. The essays Inthis richly illustrated book combine to do justice to these evocative buildings' architecture, roles and history. The volume begins with an introduction to the Sepulchre itself, from its construction under Constantine to theCrusaders' rebuilding which survives to this day. Chapters follow on the Dome of the Rock and on the later depiction and signifcance of the Jewish Temple. The essays then move further afeld, uncovering the links between Jerusalemand Byzantium, the Caucasus, Russia and Ethiopia. Northern Europe comes finally into focus, with chapters on Charlemagne's chapel at Aachen, the role of the military orders in spreading the form of the Sepulchre, a gazetteer of English rounds, and studies of London's New Temple. ROBIN GRIFFITH-JONES is Master of the Temple at the Temple Church in London and Senior Lecturer (Theology and Religious Studies) at King's College London. He co-edited The Temple Church in London with David Park (2010). ERIC FERNIE is Director Emeritus of The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Contributors: Alan Borg, Antony Eastmond, David Ekserdjian, Eric Fernie, Jaroslav Folda, Emmanuel Fritsch, Michael Gervers, Robin Griffith-Jones, Nicole Hamonic, Cecily Hennessy, Robert Hillenbrand, Catherine E. Hundley, Philip J. Lankester, Robin Milner-Gulland, Robert Ousterhout, David W. Phillipson, Denys Pringle, Sebastian Salvadó.Trade ReviewSumptuously produced and a pleasure to handle. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *This is an outstanding volume, and a supremely successful work which deserves to be welcomed by all readers. * COLIN MORRIS *A wide-ranging, fascinating and sometimes surprising story...[It presents] a dense and rich accumulation of different insights. * THE CHURCH TIMES *Table of ContentsIntroduction Public, private and political Devotion: Re-presenting the Sepulchre - Robin Griffith-Jones The Building of the Holy Sepulchre - Robin Griffith-Jones The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Denys Pringle The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Design, Depiction and the Pilgrim Church of Compostela - Jaroslav Folda Medieval Muslim Veneration of the Dome of the Rock - Robert Hillenbrand The Temple as Symbol, the Temple as Metaphor: contrasting Eastern and Western Re-imaginings - Robert Ousterhout Spiral Columns and the Temple of Solomon - Eric C Fernie Raphael's Marriage of the Virgin and the Temple at Jerusalem in the Italian Renaissance Imagination - David Ekserdjian 'I have defeated you, Solomon' - Robin Griffith-Jones Saint James the Just: Sacral Topgraphy in Jerusalem and Constantinople - Cecily Hennessy Jerusalems in the Caucasus? - Antony Eastmond Holy Russia and the 'Jerusalem Idea' - Robin Milner-Gulland Jerusalem and the Ethiopian Church: the Evidence of Roha (Lalibela) - David W. Phillipson The Origins and Meaning of the Ethiopian Circular Church: Fresh Explorations - Emmanuel Fritsch Arculf's Circles, Aachen's Octagon, Germigny's Cube: Three Riddles from Northern Europe - Robin Griffith-Jones Representations of the Holy Sepulchre - Eric C Fernie The Military Orders and the Idea of the Holy Sepulchre - Alan Borg The English Round Church Movement - Catherine E. Hundley The Use and Meaning of the Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Round Churches of England - Michael Gervers Jerusalem in London: the New Temple Church - Nicole Hamonic Commemorating the Rotunda in the Round: The Medieval Latin Liturgy of the Holy Sepulchre and its Performance in the West - Sebastian Salvado The Temple Church in the Crusades - Robin Griffith-Jones Epilogue - Robin Griffith-Jones

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Book SynopsisReports of the surveyors of Westminster Abbey in the twentieth century provide a wealth of information on this most important building. The annual reports of the Surveyors of the Fabric in the twentieth century give much detailed information about the maintenance and major restoration of Westminster Abbey and its contents. The Surveyors, William Lethaby, Walter Tapper, Charles Peers and Stephen Dykes Bower, had to deal with many problems and challenges between 1906 and 1973. Not least of these were two World Wars and the most extensive programme of cleaning and re-decoration since the timeof Sir Christopher Wren. Lethaby brought to light original decoration on medieval tombs, lost to sight for centuries under grime and shellac used by his predecessor Gilbert Scott; Tapper had to carry out emergency restoration tothe fan vault of Henry VII's chapel after a stone crashed to the floor; Peers was required to deal with the evacuation of hundreds of treasures during the 1939-45 war and with repairs to bomb damaged areas after it. Dykes Bower, meanwhile, was the most controversial of the Surveyors of this period. His replacement of medieval roof timbers drew criticism, although these were riddled with decay and death watch beetle. The nave could have looked vastly different if his design for a Cosmati work floor had gone ahead. But the Abbey interior would not look as it does today without his massive contribution to the cleaning of the brown stonework and re-decoration of the dirty and damaged Tudor and Jacobean monuments. The Abbey's current Surveyor, Ptolemy Dean, outlines the legacies of the work of these Surveyors of the modern age in his introduction; Christine Reynolds, the Abbey's Assistant Keeper of the Muniments, adds valuable notes from other sources within the archives to supplement the fascinating accounts of work carried out in the most historically significant church in England.Trade ReviewMiss Reynolds has put us all in her debt by editing this invaluable series of documents that so powerfully illuminates the history of works on Westminster Abbey. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *Table of ContentsIntroduction William Richard Lethaby Sir Walter Tapper Sir Charles Peers Stephen Dykes Bower Index

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Book SynopsisMajor interdisciplinary study of medieval church porches, bringing out their importance and significance. The church porches of medieval England are among the most beautiful and glorious aspects of ecclesiastical architecture; but in comparison with its stained glass, for example, they have been relatively little studied. This book, the first detailed study of them for over a century, gives new insights into this often over-looked element. Focussing on the rich corpus of late-medieval East Anglian porches, it begins with two chapters placing them in a broad cultural outline and their context; it then moves on to consider their commissioning and design, their architecture and ornamentation, their use and their meaning. This book will appeal to all those interested in church fabric and function.Trade ReviewA valuable book which which rescues an important element of our medieval churches from scholarly neglect and greatly adds to our understanding. * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *This book on church porches is a welcome addition to the topic of liminal spaces in the Middle Ages. [...] Readers approaching this book with a pre-existing interest in the English parish church will greatly profit from Lunnon's multifaceted study of a neglected aspect of these buildings, which should now become an integral addition to the discussion of the parish church as a spatial, material, and social phenomenon. -- SPECULUM[A] thought-provoking study * THE RICARDIAN *[The] first monograph of its kind in over a century, and is likely to become, and remain, the authoritative text on the topic. * HISTORY *[This] is a significant and substantial study with wide implications for English medieval religion * THE JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *As someone who has spent most of the last decade and more visiting and studying East Anglian churches, often in minute detail, I can only state that this work is an inspiration to do just that. It is a rarity when a volume appears that allows you to see a subject that you thought you were largely familiar with, through totally fresh eyes. -- Matthew J. Champion * Norfolk Archaeology *East Anglian Church Porches and their Medieval Context is a very welcome addition to the subject, as church porches were previously under-researched and little understood as an integral part of church design. The documentary research, the analysis and the recording of 119 extant examples are very impressive. -- Local HistorianTable of ContentsIntroduction - The English Medieval Church Porch The English Porticus Functions of Church Porches The East Anglian Church Porch - Architecture and Decoration Documenting East Anglia's Church Porches, c.1370 to c.1540 The Partron's Share Conclusion Appendix Glossary of Architectural Terms Bibliography

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Book SynopsisNew readings demonstrate the centrality of the rood to the visual, material and devotional cultures of the Middle Ages, its richness and complexity. The rood was central to medieval Christianity and its visual culture: Christ's death on the cross was understood as the means by which humankind was able to gain salvation, and depictions of the cross, and Christ's death upon it,were ubiquitous. This volume brings together contributions offering a new perspective on the medieval rood - understood in its widest sense, as any kind of cross - within the context of Britain and Ireland, over a wide periodof time which saw significant political and cultural change. In doing so, it crosses geographical, chronological, material, and functional boundaries which have traditionally characterised many previous discussions of the medieval rood. Acknowledging and exploring the capacity of the rood to be both universal and specific to particular locations and audiences, these contributions also tease out the ways in which roods related to one another, as well as how they related to their physical and cultural surroundings, often functioning in dialogue with other images and the wider devotional topography - both material and mental - in which they were set. The chapters consider roods in a variety of media and contexts: the monumental stone crosses of early medieval England, twelfth-century Ireland, and, spreading further afield, late medieval Galicia; the three-dimensional monumental wooden roods in English monasteries, Irish friaries, and East Anglian parish churches; roods that fit in the palm of a hand, encased in precious metals, those that were painted on walls, drawn on the pages of manuscripts, and those that appeared in visions, dreams, and gesture.Trade Review[A] fresh array of the fruits of specialist investigation by excellent scholars. * THE RICARDIAN *A fine collection of papers. * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *With detailed studies and a broad range of perspectives, the book invites new ways of looking at this motif found all over medieval Europe. * MINERVA *Represents a valuable contribution to a topic of central importance across medieval studies, with a wide array of discussions that will surely be of great consequence for a long time to come. -- Journal of British StudiesGives the reader new, varying, and insightful perspectives on the Crucifixion in medieval art in Britain and Ireland. I highly recommend this volume to any scholar with an interest in medieval art. * SPECULUM *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Rethinking the Rood - Philippa Turner Approaching the Cross: The Sculpted High Crosses of Anglo-Saxon England - Jane Hawkes The Mark of Christ in Wood, Grass and Field: Open-Air Roods in Old English Medical Remedies - Kate Thomas Twelfth-Century English Rood Visions: Some Iconographic Notes - John Munns Crosses, Croziers, and the Crucifixion: Twelfth-Century Crosses in Ireland - Maggie Williams From Religious Artefacts to Symbols of Identity: The Role of Stone Crosses in Galician National Discourse - Sara Carreño The Rood in the Late Medieval English Cathedral: The Black Rood of Scotland Reassessed - Philippa Turner The Cross of Death and the Tree of Life: Franciscan Ideologies in Late Medieval Ireland - Malgorzata Krasnodebska-D'Aughton Heralding the Rood: Colour Convention and Material Hierarchies on Late Medieval English - Lucy Wrapson Reframing the Rood: Fifteenth-Century Angel Roofs and the Rood in East Anglia - Sarah Cassell

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Book SynopsisTraces the history of a magnificent landmark in the history of late medieval art and architecture.As the principal royal chapel in the medieval Palace of Westminster, St Stephen's was at the centre of worship for the Plantagenets, a major collegiate foundation of a new kind for the mid-fourteenth century, and a community of national significance in the development of sacred polyphony. During the Reformation, the Chapel was converted into a meeting place for the House of Commons, which it remained for 300 years, shaping the development of British political culture. Its influence continues to be felt today in the design of the Commons chamber. Following the disastrous Palace fire of 1834, the site of the upper chapel was rebuilt as St Stephen's Hall, a gallery of national history, leading to the Central Lobby of the Houses of Parliament.This book tells the story of St Stephen's Chapel, from the thirteenth century to the present day. Sixteen chapters explain the building and its religious life, its political significance, and the antiquarian rediscovery of its former magnificence. Contributors highlight the interaction between visual and political culture; the contexts of kingship and international rivalry that informed the foundation and construction of chapel and college; the effect of medieval St Stephen's on the development of the House of Commons; the adaptation and re-use of St Mary Undercroft; and the creation of St Stephen's Hall in the 1840s. The hall would become a site of Suffragette activism in the campaign for Votes for Women, marked today by a monumental artwork New Dawn, which is the focus of the final chapter.

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Book SynopsisWhat value do we place on our cultural heritage, and to what extent should we preserve historic and culturally important sites and artefacts from the ravages of weather, pollution, development and use by the general public? This innovative book attempts to answer these important questions by exploring how non-market valuation techniques - used extensively in environmental economics - can be applied to cultural heritage.The book includes twelve comprehensive case studies that estimate public values for a diverse set of cultural goods, including English cathedrals, Bulgarian monasteries, rock paintings in Canada, statues in the US, and a medieval city in Africa. The authors demonstrate the potential utility of these techniques, and highlight the important social values that cultural heritage can generate. Given limited resources, such studies can help set priorities and aid the decision making process in terms of their preservation, restoration and use. The authors conclude by reviewing the majority of cultural valuation studies done to date, and draw some general conclusions about the results achieved and the potential benefits, as well as the limitations, of valuing these types of goods.This highly original book will be of great use and interest to academics in the fields of environmental, resource, and cultural economics, as well as NGOs and policymakers involved in cultural heritage at the national, international and global level.Trade Review'Navrud and Ready have assembled a series of case studies that embody the state-of-the-art in nonmarket valuation of cultural heritage. . . . this volume represents the forays of economists skilled in environmental arenas into cultural matters. They bring a well-developed toolkit, and this book demonstrates the resulting research. . . . this volume's high-quality case studies enrich a growing empirical literature on cultural heritage values.'Table of ContentsContents Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Why value cultural heritage? Richard C. Ready and Ståle Navrud 2 Methods for valuing cultural heritage Richard C. Ready and Ståle Navrud PART II CASE STUDIES 3 Social costs and benefits of preserving and restoring the Nidaros Cathedral Ståle Navrud and Jon Strand 4 Northumbria: castles, cathedrals and towns Guy Garrod and Kenneth G. Willis 5 Valuing the impacts of air pollution on Lincoln Cathedral Marilena Pollicino and David Maddison 6 Preserving cultural heritage in transition economies: a contingent valuation study of Bulgarian monasteries Susana Mourato, Andreas Kontoleon and Alexi Danchev 7 Valuing different road options for Stonehenge David Maddisson and Susana Mourato 8 The contribution of aboriginal rock paintings to wilderness recreation values in North America Peter Boxall, Jeffrey Englin and Wiktor Adamowicz 9 Economic benefits to foreigners visiting Morocco accruing from the rehabilitation of the Fes Medina Richard T. Carson, Robert C. Mitchell and Michael B. Conaway 10 Component and temporal value reliability in cultural goods: the case of Roman Imperial remains near Naples Patrizia Riganti and Kenneth G. Willis 11 Valuing reduced acid deposition injuries to cultural resources: marble monuments in Washington, D.C. Edward R. Morey, Kathleen Greer Rossmann, Lauraine G. Chestnut and Shannon Ragland 12 Valuing cultural services in Italian museums: a contingent valuation study Marina Bravi, Riccardo Scarpa and Gemma Sirchia 13 A contingent valuation study of the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen Trine Bille 14 Individual preferences and allocation mechanisms for a cultural public good: “Napoli Musei Aperti” Walter Santagata and Giovanni Signorello PART III REVIEW OF STUDIES 15 Review of existing studies, their policy use and future research needs David Pearce, Susana Mourato, Ståle Navrud and Richard C. Ready Index

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