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Cedar Lake Classics Notes on Old Edinburgh: Victorian Travelogue Series (Annotated)
£8.03
Bloomsbury USA Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius
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£15.30
University of Tennessee Press Native American Log Cabins in the Southeast
Book SynopsisSoutheastern Native American forms of domestic architecture underwent multiple transitions between the mid-eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries. In Native American Log Cabins in the Southeast, Gregory A. Waselkov and ten colleagues track the origins of Native American cabins, structures that incorporated a range of features borrowed from indigenous post-in ground building traditions, Euroamerican horizontal notched-log construction, and elements introduced by Africans and African Americans. Grounded in archaeological investigation, their essays illuminate the distinctive cabin forms developed by various southeastern Native groups, including the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Catawba peoples.In a rapidly changing social, economic, and political landscape at the frontiers of an expansionist United States, the log cabin, a northern European house form, proved equally adaptable to the needs of settlers, slaves, and Native peoples. Each found ways to make log cabins their own. Beneath these deceptively simple hewn facades, indigenous principles of correctness guided southeastern Indians’ uses of interior cabin space, creations of raised clay hearths, and maintenance of pits that gave occupants access to the regenerative properties of the Beneath World. The chapters in this volume make important contributions toward a better understanding of houses and households in the Native Southeast by marshalling new data, methods, and theory to address an important but understudied phenomenon.
£44.06
University of Tennessee Press Company Suburbs: Architecture, Power, and the Transformation of Michigan's Mining Frontier
Book SynopsisMichigan's Keweenaw Peninsula juts into Lake Superior, pointing from the western Upper Peninsula toward Canada. Native peoples mined copper there for at least five thousand years, but the industrial heyday of the "Copper Country" began in the late nineteenth century, as immigrants from Cornwall, Italy, Finland, and elsewhere came to work in mines largely run from faraway cities such as New York and Boston. In those cities, suburbs had developed to allow wealthier classes to escape the dirt and grime of the industrial center. In the Copper Country, however, the suburbs sprang up nearly adjacent to mines, mills, and coal docks.Sarah Fayen Scarlett contrasts two types of neighborhoods that transformed Michigan's mining frontier between 1875 and 1920: paternalistic company towns built for the workers and elite suburbs created by the region's network of business leaders. Richly illustrated with drawings, maps, and photographs, Company Suburbs details the development of these understudied cultural landscapes that arose when elites began to build housing that was architecturally distinct from that of the multiethnic workers within the old company towns. They followed national trends and created social hierarchies in the process, but also, uniquely, incorporated pre-existing mining features and adapted company housing practices. This idiosyncratic form of suburbanization belies the assumption that suburbs and industry were independent developments.Built environments evince interrelationships among landscapes, people, and power. Scarlett's work offers new perspectives on emerging national attitudes linking domestic architecture with class and gender identity. Company Suburbs complements scholarship on both industrial communities and early suburban growth, increasing our understanding of the ways hierarchies associated with industrial capitalism have been built into the shared environments of urban areas as well as seemingly peripheral American towns.
£53.10
University of Tennessee Press Characteristically American: Memorial Architecture, National Identity, and the Egyptian Revival
Book SynopsisPrior to the nineteenth century, few Americans knew anything more of Egyptian culture than what could be gained from studying the biblical Exodus. Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century, however, initiated a cultural breakthrough for Americans as representations of Egyptian culture flooded western museums and publications, sparking a growing interest in all things Egyptian that was coined Egyptomania. As Egyptomania swept over the West, a relatively young America began assimilating Egyptian culture into its own national identity, creating a hybrid national heritage that would vastly affect the memorial landscape of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Far more than a study of Egyptian revivalism, this book examines the Egyptian style of commemoration from the rural cemetery to national obelisks to the Sphinx at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Giguere argues that Americans adopted Egyptian forms of commemoration as readily as other neoclassical styles such as Greek revivalism, noting that the American landscape is littered with monuments that define the Egyptian style’s importance to American national identity. Of particular interest is perhaps America’s greatest commemorative obelisk: the Washington Monument. Standing at 555 feet high and constructed entirely of stone—making it the tallest obelisk in the world—the Washington Monument represents the pinnacle of Egyptian architecture’s influence on America’s desire to memorialize its national heroes by employing monumental forms associated with solidity and timelessness. Construction on the monument began in 1848, but controversy over its design, which at one point included a Greek colonnade surrounding the obelisk, and the American Civil War halted construction until 1877. Interestingly, Americans saw the completion of the Washington Monument after the Civil War as a mending of the nation itself, melding Egyptian commemoration with the reconstruction of America. As the twentieth century saw the rise of additional commemorative obelisks, the Egyptian Revival became ensconced in American national identity. Egyptian-style architecture has been used as a form of commemoration in memorials for World War I and II, the civil rights movement, and even as recently as the 9/11 remembrances. Giguere places the Egyptian style in a historical context that demonstrates how Americans actively sought to forge a national identity reminiscent of Egyptian culture that has endured to the present day.Trade Review“This book is solidly and intelligently researched. Giguere presents a worthy subject, a reassessment of a variety of memorials constructed amid the Egyptian revival in the United States, and proposes that Egyptian forms, such as the gateway, the obelisk, and the sphinx—once considered pagan and foreign—ultimately left such a strong mark on US memorialization in the nineteenth century that they became “characteristically American.” —Cynthia Mills, former executive editor of American Art
£28.46
A.R. Shephard & Co. The Octagon House: A Home for All
£16.56
White Falcon Publishing New Indian Architecture - 1947-2020
£50.00
Actar Publishers The Live Centre of Information: From Pompidou to
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Lushena Books A History of the Moravian Church
£19.15
Bloomsbury Publishing USA Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the
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£16.99
Deborah Quick Omar Khayyams Secret
£103.28
Deborah Quick Omar Khayyams Secret
£86.28
BLACK EAGLE BOOKS Stone Echoes
£15.05
Silvia Domingo Inventos que Cambiaron el Mundo para Siempre
£15.72
Authorhouse Shemsu-Hor
£13.59
Lulu.com Anti-Modernist Papal Encyclicals
£14.00
12th Media Services Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
£14.01
Lulu.com The Greatest Survivors On Earth
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Wits University Press Falling Monuments, Reluctant Ruins: The Persistence of the Past in the Architecture of Apartheid
£71.00
KidsOcado Iran Unveiled
£84.99
Indepenpress Publishing Ltd From Piers to Eternity
£15.60
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Adolf Loos: The Art of Architecture
Book SynopsisWidely regarded as one of the most significant prophets of modern architecture, Adolf Loos was a star in his own time. His work was emblematic of the turn-of-the-century generation that was torn between the traditional culture of the nineteenth century and the innovative modernism of the twentieth. His essay 'Ornament and Crime' equated superfluous ornament and 'decorative arts' with underclass tattooing in an attempt to tell modern Europeans that they should know better. But the negation of ornament was supposed to reveal, not negate, good style; and an incorrigible ironist has been taken too literally in denying architecture as a fine art. Without normalizing his edgy radicality, Masheck argues that Loos's masterful "astylistic architecture" was an appreciation of tradition and utility and not, as most architectural historians have argued, a mere repudiation of the florid style of the Vienna Secession. Masheck has reads Loos as a witty, ironic rhetorician who has all too often been taken at face value. Far from being the anti-architect of the modern era, Masheck's Loos is 'an unruly yet integrally canonical artist-architect'. He believed in culture, comfort, intimacy and privacy and advocated the evolution of artful architecture. This is a brilliantly written revisionist reading of a perennially popular architect.Trade Review'A monumental contribution to the Loos literature - ambitiously conceived,thoroughly provocative, and deeply insightful.' Joan Ockman, Distinguished Senior Fellow, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania 'Masheck - also - demonstrates - how [Loos's] abstract approach to form anticipated in a specific way the discourse of American minimalist art.' Kenneth Frampton, Ware Professor of Architecture, Columbia University 'A provocative take on Adolf Loos at a time when criticism has exhausted its theoretical resources, and the near past seems almost out of reach.' Gevork Hartoonian, Professor of Architecture, University of Canberra 'This penetrating book - guide[s] us round the paradoxes of this dandified enemy of ornamental invention whose most prominent masterpiece is a bronze and-marble colonnaded gentlemen's outfitter!' Joseph Rykwert, Cret Professor of Architecture Emeritus, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Loos and Fine Art 2. Loosian Vernacular: An American Case 3. Loos and Imperial New York 4. Critique of Ornament 5. Architecture and Ornament in Fact 6. Everybody’s Doric 7. Architecturelessness and Sustainable Art 8. The Wittgenstein House as Loosian 9. Loos and Minimalism Notes Works cited Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Early European Castles: Aristocracy and Authority, AD 800-1200
Book SynopsisMedieval castles were, alongside the great cathedrals, the most recognisable buildings of the medieval world. Closely associated with concepts of justice, lordship and authority as well as military might, castles came to encapsulate the period's very essence. Looking at above and below-ground evidence and examining a wide variety of sites - from towering donjons to earth and timber castles - in different parts of western Europe, this book explores the relationship between early castle building and the emergence of a new aristocracy and investigates the impact of authority on the organisation of the landscape. A particular focus is on the social context of early private fortifications: Europe’s earliest castles came to embody a new and radically different form of power – an aristocratic authority that was highly personal in nature, glaringly visible in its presence, and enforceable through violence, both threatened and real. The volume reassesses traditional models of castle origins; examines aspects of elite lifestyle in and around these structures, including pastimes and diet; considers medieval visual experiences of sites and their settings; and explores some future directions for research.Trade ReviewThe prolific medieval archaeologist and academic author Oliver Creighton has now produced an excellent and thought-provoking short book on the origins and early development of European castles to c AD 1200 . . . This short book makes the formative stages of the ‘medieval castle’ on the European stage much more accessible to readers. -- Terry Barry, Trinity College, Dublin * Medieval Archaeology *Of necessity broad in approach, Oliver Creighton’s text provides us with an accessible, lucid and compelling narrative that introduces the main themes and methods that have emerged in castle studies over the last century, and provides us with a series of illustrative examples to support each area of discussion, without becoming submerged in complex detail. -- Richard Oram * Archaeological Journal *Table of ContentsPreface List of illustrations Debating the European 'Castral Revolution' Earth and Timber Castles Stone Towers of Status and Display The Broader Context: Landscape and Townscape Conclusions: The Rise of the Seigneury Bibliography Index
£30.43
Benediction Classics The Twelve Caesars
£24.50
Pantianos Classics The Seven Lamps of Architecture
£11.43
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Claustro Indiano
£8.90
AB Publishing Ancient Egypts Most Important Cult Centers
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Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd The Construction of Cromer Pier
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Historic English Churches: A Guide to Their Construction, Design and Features
Book SynopsisThe ancient churches and cathedrals of England's towns and countryside are among the glories of our national heritage. Yet how were our ancestors able to construct these often substantial edifices without the benefit of modern techniques? How did the medieval masons plan, design and oversee their construction? What methods of construction were used by the medieval carpenters to realise the magnificent roofs and ceilings we see today? In this unique guide, Geoffrey R. Sharpe brings forty years experience of caring for historic buildings to show us how, from the original planning and preparation to the final construction and decoration. In a final chapter the author shows the reader how to assess the history and development of a church from the constructional and architectural clues contained within its features. The result is a work that adds a whole new dimension to our understanding of English church building and architecture.Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1 : The Construction of Churches Use of limes and cements; Concrete;Foundations;Wall construction;Masonry classifications;Building Stones; Dressing and working stone; Re-use of old stone; Coade stone; The structural use of buttresses; The medieval mason; Stone stairs and steps; stone windows;vaulting; arches; Pillars, piers and columns; Pilasters and responds; Capitals, bases and plinths; Floors; Church towers; Spires and steeples; Gables; Plasterwork; Metalwork; Historic carpentry;Roof construction; Roof coverings; Doors; Structural use of iron; Making and use of stained glass PART 2: Church Architecture The greater churches; Smaller churches and chapels; Saxon churches; Norman churches; Transition to Gothic; Great English cathedrals; Development of the Gothic style; Early English; Decorated; Perpendicular; Features of the building fabric which aid analysis; Porches and vestibules; Arcading; Anchorite cell; Columns, capitals, bases, Piers; Doorways; Windows; Mouldings and ornament;Tracery and foils; Parapets; Cornice; Corbel; Corbel table; Crockets; Regional characteristics of parish churches; Effect of the Renaissance on church design PART 3: Church Interiors Bede roll; Vestry; Sacristy; Lairstal; Crypts; Heart burials; Church fixtures and fittings; Pulpitum; Rood screen;Rood loftChancel screen; Parclose screen; Tower screen; Balacchino; Reredos;Triptych; Retable; Gradine; PiscinaLocker; Aumbry; Dole cupboard; Ambo; Reading desk; Sounding board; Church lighting and heating; Church monuments and memorials; Tomb chests; Table tombs;Tester-tombs; Dresser tomb; Wall monuments; Wall tablets; Cartouche; Brass plates' Tide dials;Almonry:Signs and symbols; Church bells PART 4: Investigating the Development of a Church Index
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Fleming H. Revell Company Room for Diplomacy: The History of Britain's Diplomatic Buildings 1800-2000
£45.00
Jeremy Mills Publishing The Medieval Styles of the English Parish Church
£18.19
Euston Grove Press Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park
£12.30
Jeremy Mills Publishing Building a Great Victorian City: Leeds Architects and Architecture 1790-1914
£53.19
Sophia Centre Press Sky and Purpose in Prehistoric Malta: Sun, Moon, and Stars at the Temples of Mnajdra
£15.00
Northern Bee Books The Art of Beekeeping Bees and Humans
£48.75
Dragon Publishing The Royal Dragon Court Inbred Britain
£28.80
Independent Scholar's Press Early Islamic Qiblas: A survey of mosques built between 1AH/622 C.E. and 263 AH/876 C.E.
£60.00
Harold Stiver Newfoundland and Labrador Lighthouses
£14.99
Reality Press Secrets of the Serpent, In Search of the Sacred Past, Special Revised Edition Featuring Two New Appendices
£9.25
Isce Publishing The Axial Ages of World History: Lessons for the 21st Century
£18.16
Actar Publishers Public Catalyst
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Actar Publishers Empire, State & Building
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£24.70
Actar Publishers MCM Milan Capital of the Modern
£32.30
Actar Publishers Vertical Urban Factory
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Wooden Books Stone Circles
£8.84
Priscilla Graham Photography & Publishing/Priscill Thomasville My Home Town
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