Architecture is an important yardstick of society's development and the buildings of a particular era, function and locale say much about the culture and aspirations of the people. Each of these handsomely illustrated books examines a different focus of architectural achievement, including historical inferences, functionality, and design. The spectacular photographs highlight an informative and comprehensive text. View More...
From the one-room chapel in a prairie town to the grandiose cathedral on a city street, churches stand at the heart of the Minnesota landscape. For many, churches embody the spiritual history of their towns and neighborhoods. In Churches of Minnesota, photographer Doug Ohman and award-winning writer Jon Hassler come together to honor these magnificent architectural icons and share the stories of faith that built and now sustain these sacred spaces.Through the seasons, Doug Ohman has traveled to every corner of Minnesota to document the beauty of the state's most evocative church structures of ... View More...
Country churches are humble yet much-loved structures that for centuries have played a central role in the daily lives of people rural communities the world over.
Country Churches is a photographic and historical tour of country churches throughout the Christian world. From Britain's simple stone churches to the austere wood-framed houses of worship of New England, to the ornate stylings of Eastern Europe's Byzantine churches, the nature and history of country churches is beautifully revealed on each page of this stunning volume. View More...
This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding of the period, makes it a classic in art history as well as in American literature. He wrote, "I wanted to show the intensity of the vital energy of a given time, and of course that intensity had to be stated in its two highest terms-religion and art." Henry Adams' record of his journeys thr... View More...
This book is divided into three sections. Trevor Yorke first charts the origins of the abbey and traces its development from the late 5th century to the Dissolutions of the Monasteries in 1536. He also looks at their fate since. The second section examines their individual parts in detail, beginning with the most striking feature of monastic ruins, the church. He then looks at the cloister buildings, including the kitchen and dormitory; the workshops, guest houses and gardens; and finally the abbey estates. The final section contains an illustrated time chart for dating abbeys, a glossary of u... View More...
Although best known as the Garden State, New Jersey could also be called the Church State. The state boasts thousands of houses of worship, with more than one thousand still standing that were built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Frank L. Greenagel has photographed more than six hundred. He has selected two hundred of these historic landmarks for an examination of why they are sited where they are and why they look the way they do. Greenagel has sought out and included images of not only mainstream Christian churches, but also Jewish synagogues as well as the places of worship of ... View More...
