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The Baroque Architecture of Sicily
by Maria Giuffre  Publisher Comments The marvels of Sicilian Baroque—the dramatic power of its architecture and the emotional power of its decorative art - are well known. Numerous studies have been made, ranging from a focus on the major Sicilian towns or on architectural themes like...
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The Substance of Gothic: Six Lectures on the Development of Architecture from Charlemagne to Henry VIII
by Ralph Adams Cram Synopsis 1917. From the Preface: I have called these lectures, given during the winter of 1916-17 in the Lowell Institute course in Boston, The Substance of Gothic, because in them an effort is made, though briefly and superficially, to deal with the development...
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Icons of Renaissance Architecture
by Alexander Markschies Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-143) and index....
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Gothic Architecture: 158 Plates from the Brandons' Treatise, 1847
by Raphael Brandon Publisher Comments In a rich retrospective of ecclesiastical architecture through the Middle Ages, the Gothic style shines through in 158 expert illustrations. Details of church windows, moldings, doorways, piers and arches, roofs, porches, panels, hinges, and more reveal...
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The Architectural History of Venice
by Deborah Howard Synopsis This book is the indispensable guide to the history of architecture in Venice, encompassing the city's fascinating variety of buildings from ancient times to the present day. Completely updated and filled with splendid new illustrations, this edition...
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Architecture and Geometry in the Age of the Baroque
by George L Hersey Publisher Comments The age of the Baroque—a time when great strides were made in science and mathematics—witnessed the construction of some of the world's most magnificent buildings. What did the work of great architects such as Bernini, Blondel, Guarini, and...
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The Origins of Medieval Architecture: Building in Europe, A.D. 600-900
by Charles B Mcclendon Publisher Comments This book is the first devoted to the important innovations in architecture that took place in western Europe between the death of emperor Justinian in A.D. 565 and the tenth century. During this period of transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle...
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The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance
by Peter Murray Publisher Comments A handsome reissue of the classic guide to the architecture of Renaissance Italy -- indispensable to travelers, students, and architecture buffs alike, and still the most comprehensive and accessible overview available. "Well illustrated, undeniably...
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Renaissance Art and Architecture
by Gordon Campbell Publisher Comments The Renaissance, French for 'rebirth', was undoubtedly the most intensely creative period in history. This explosion of activity is reflected perhaps more than elsewhere in the art and architecture of the period. The legacy the artists, sculptors...
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Gothick Architecture: A Reprint of the Original 1742 Treatise (Dover Pictorial Archives)
by Batty Langley Publisher Comments The architectural designs of Batty Langley greatly influenced England's Gothic Revival movement in the second half of the eighteenth century. This volume (beautifully engraved by his brother Thomas), which completely reproduces the author's most famous...
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The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance
by Christoph L. Frommel Publisher Comments A landmark survey and analysis of Italian Renaissance architecture by an internationally renowned expert in the field. The literature on Italian Renaissance architecture is vast, but every popular account is out-of-date almost before it is written. Once...
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The Formation of English Gothic: Architecture and Identity, 1150-1250 (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Britis)
by Peter Draper Publisher Comments In this original account of architecture in England between c.1150 and c.1250, Peter Draper explores how the assimilation of new ideas from France led to an English version of Gothic architecture that was quite distinct from Gothic expression elsewhere...
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Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe, 1600-1750
by Henry A Millon Synopsis Military, ecclesiastical, ephemeral and institutional architecture, royal palaces and gardens....
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History of World Architecture Baroque Architecture
by Christain Norberg Synopsis Examines the principal 17th-century architectural themes - "capital city", "church" and "palace" - using the most famous examples of the period in Rome, Paris, Turin and Versailles. The text analyses religious architectural works and then surveys the...
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Palaces of Venice
by Andrea Fasolo Publisher Comments Palaces of Venice presents sixty-two of the greatest buildings from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century. Hundreds of full-colour photographs show the exteriors and the interiors of the palazzi and the text relates the fascinating history of each...
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Venice and the Renaissance
by Manfredo Tafuri Publisher Comments Pursuing the intersections of Venetian culture from the beginning of the sixteenth century through the first decades of the seventeenth, Manfredo Tafuri develops a story crowded with characters and full of surprises. He engages the doges Andrea Gritti...
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Romanesque Architectural Criticism: A Pre-History
by Tina Walde Bizzarro Publisher Comments This history of Romanesque architectural criticism is the first to examine early seventeenth through early nineteenth century commentary on medieval architecture and the naming of the Romanesque style. It is difficult for the twentieth-century student of...
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Architecture of the Renaissance Volume 2
by Leonardo Benevolo Synopsis Replacement volume for Volume Two of the two-volume set, Architecture of the Renaissance,...
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The Stones of Florence
by Mary Mccarthy Publisher Comments A large-format reissue of the original text accompanied by photographs of the artwork, architecture, and landscape of Florence. Introduction written by the Author specially for this edition. Black-and-white and color photographs by Evelyn Hofer and...
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Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism
by Rudolf Wittkower
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