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The Gothic Cathederal by Christopher Wilson Synopsis Looks at the interaction between design and the requirements of patrons, follows the creative processes of architects, and discusses chronology, structural techniques, and stylistic developments.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Constructing the Ineffable: Contemporary Sacred Architecture by Karla Britton Publisher Comments Throughout the history of the built environment there has been no more significant endeavor than the construction of houses of worship, which were once the focal point around which civilizations and city-states developed. Constructing the Ineffable is... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $47.50 New - Hardcover
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Cathedrals of the World by Graziella Leyla Ciaga Publisher Comments A valuable resource for architecture students, travelers, and anyone interested in our religious heritage, Cathedrals of the World takes an exciting journey through Christianity by way of its most impressive architectural creations. Starting with early... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi by Giorgio Bonsanti Publisher Comments Seconds before the first shock of the devastating earthquake that rocked the central Italian town of Assisi on September 26, 1997, Ghigo Roli completed photographing the interior of the Upper Basilica of St. Francis. He had been working for months on... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mexican Churches by Eliot Porter Publisher Comments In 1956, on an extended trip through Mexico, famed photographer Eliot Porter and his photographer friend Ellen Auerbach visited several hundred churches and chapels. Hundreds of years old, the churches were often far from main roads and only very rarely... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Memento Mori: Churches and Churches of England by Simon Marsden Publisher Comments Simple stone gravestones, richly carved table tombs and glowing stained glass memorial windows are part of the rich heritage to be found in England's churches and churchyards. They all mark the irrevocable certainty of death and seem to proclaim 'Memento... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tilt: A Skewed History of the Tower of Pisa by Nicholas Shrady Publisher Comments In Tilt, author Nicholas Shrady reveals how the campanile, or bell tower, in Pisa's Campo dei Miracoli became the iconic Tower of Pisa. Even standing straight and true, the tower's marble and lime facade would be instantly recognizable the world over... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity's Holy Buildings by Richard Stemp Publisher Comments Thanks to books and films like The Da Vinci Code and its sequel, Angels and Demons, interest in secret religious symbols has never been greater. This carefully researched guide takes the reader into some of the world's most famous churches, decoding... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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San Xavier: The Spirit Endures by Kathleen Walker Publisher Comments Celebrate the life, legend, and lore of Arizona's Mission San Xavier del Bac, also known as "The White Dove of the Desert." This book chronicles the history of the famous landmark, from its founding in 1700 by Jesuit missionary Father Eusebio Francisco... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Gothic Enterprise: Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathe by Robert A. Scott Publisher Comments The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. This engrossing book... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bollingen Series #0048: The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order. Expanded Edition by Otto Georg V Simson Publisher Comments This essay seeks to understand Gothic architecture as an image, more precisely, as the representation of supernatural reality. To those who designed the cathedrals, as to their contemporaries who worshiped in them, this symbolic aspect or function of... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Synagogue by H A Meek Synopsis Retells the history of Jewish communities through the architecture and decorative art associated with the synagogue. This book traces the history of the synagogue from its origins in Solomon's Temple to the classic simplicity of the modern synagogue.... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price: $26.00 Used - Hardcover
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Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Chuches in Colonial Virginia by Dell Upton Publisher Comments Upton interweaves architectural and cultural history to create a vivid new picture of colonial Virginia. Lavishly illustrated, this book examines the architecture, decoration, and furniture of Virginia's Anglican churches as expressions of eighteenth... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sacred architecture by Caroline Humphrey Publisher Comments With authoritative texts and hundreds of full-color illustrations, these two latest volumes continue Living Wisdom's tradition of excellence. The Goddess taps into Americans' growing interest in female deities and ancient rites. As New York Newsday noted,... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture by Denis Mcnamara Publisher Comments Small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, this primer is a must-have for architecture and history buffs, tourists, and churchgoers interested in decoding the styles and symbols of religious buildings. Every building... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Houses of Worship: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Religious Architecture by Jeffery W. Howe Publisher Comments A guidebook to the architectural styles of American churches and temples, Houses of Worship is highly illustrated with over 1000 color photographs and explanatory line drawings. A survey of American religious architecture, this book is a history of the... (read more) List Price $24.98 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Holy Place: Architecture, Ideology, and History in Russia by Konstantin Akinsha Publisher Comments This book surveys two centuries of Russian history through a succession of ambitious architectural projects designed for a single construction site in central Moscow. Czars, Bolshevik rulers, and contemporary Russian leaders alike have dreamed of... (read more) List Price $43.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Closer to God: Religious Architecture and Sacred Spaces by R Klanten Synopsis Striking proof that today's religious buildings rank among architecture's most exciting and expressive structures.... (read more) Your price: $69.00 New - Hardcover
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Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's by R. A. Scotti Publisher Comments Traces Pope Julius II's controversial early sixteenth-century construction of a new basilica in place of the Emperor Constantine's millennium-old St. Peter's Basilica, documenting how building efforts spanned two centuries and more than two dozen... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Sense of Mission Historic Churches Of by David Wakely Publisher Comments From the haunting ruins of San Jose de los Jemez to the perfectly preserved San Jose de Gracia, the early churches of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Southern California are eloquent testimony to the creative and religious lives of the Spanish... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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