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Heavenly Vaults: From Romanesque to Gothic in European Architecture by David Stephenson Publisher Comments The Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages are among the world's greatest architectural achievements. Looking up at the soaring vaulted ceiling of a Gothic church, it is impossible not to marvel at the seemingly unending design variations of these... (read more) Your price: $65.00 New - 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 $36.75 Your price: $13.98 Sale - Hardcover
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A Sence of Mission: Historic Churches of the Southwest 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: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories by J L Heilbron Publisher Comments Between 1650 and 1750, four Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Built to fix an unquestionable date for Easter, they also housed instruments that threw light on the disputed geometry of the solar system, and so, within sight... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Monasteries and Monastic Orders: 2000 Years of Christian Art and Culture by Kristina (edt) Kruger Synopsis This ambitious work traces the history of monasticism from its origins in late antiquity through its apex in the High Middle Ages and into the present. The book explores various religious orders and what makes them unique, and includes short biographies... (read more) Your price: $69.95 New - Hardcover
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Universe of Stone: Chartres Cathedral and the Invention of the Gothic by Philip Ball Publisher Comments Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to those who constructed it in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries--and why was it built at such immense... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - 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: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Cathedrals of the World by Graziella Ley Ciaga Publisher Comments A useful resource for architecture students, travelers, and anyone interested in our religious heritage, this volume documents the world's most important cathedrals from their early Christian, Romanesque, and Gothic origins through their evolution during... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - 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: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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English Parish Churches: 214 Photographs by Edwin Smith; Introductory Texts by Graham Hutton; Notes on the Plates by Olive (World of Art) by Graham Hutton Publisher Comments From the Saxon simplicity of the little church of St Lawrence at Bradford-on-Avon to the late Victorian splendour of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London, Edwin Smith's photographs of parish churches epitomize English history and the English way of life.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Places of Worship by Phaidon Synopsis St Paul's Cathedral is an iconic British building combining Renaissance and Baroque elements. Vaughan Hart examines Wren's extraordinary exterior, brilliantly constructed dome and radiant interior. The Church of the Sacred Heart by Joze Plecnik -- a key... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.70 Used - Hardcover
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St. Peter's (Wonders of the World) by Keith Miller Publisher Comments Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series(Part Iand Part II) Built by the decree of Constantine, rebuilt by some of the most distinguished architects in Renaissance Italy, emulated by Hitler's architect in his... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Lion Companion to Church Architecture by David Stancliffe Synopsis From the earliest establishments up through present day structures, this expansive history explores how churches have been conceived as spaces for worship throughout the centuries. Their development from the early Roman house churches through Byzantine... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover
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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: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cloisters of Europe: Gardens of Prayer by Daniel Faure Publisher Comments If the church is said to be the soul of an abbey, the cloister is surely its heart. The cloister, a space secluded?as its Latin derivation suggests?within four galleries is at once a place of peace and a ceaseless crossroads. As the hub of all activity... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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House of Worship: Sacred Spaces in America by Dominique Browning Publisher Comments Places of worship can inspire, evoke humility, bring together communities, or provide solace. In a richly illustrated volume of photographs featuring sacred spaces across America, House of Worship illustrates how through design a physical space becomes... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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The Vatican by Paul Letarouilly Publisher Comments French architect Paul Letarouilly (1795-1855), author of the masterpiece Edifices de Rome Moderne, was unequaled in his observational ability and impeccable drawing skills. He devoted many years of his life living in austerity and refusing paying... (read more) List Price $125.00 Your price: $80.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Cathedrals of England by Alec Clifton Taylor Synopsis More than two hundred photographs and text trace the development of cathedral design from its Norman beginnings through the flowering of Gothic to the new Roman Catholic cathedral in Liverpool.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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