An architect and architectural theorist, George Edmund Street (1824-81) was one of the key proponents of the 'High Victorian' Gothic style in nineteenth-century Britain. ...
Alexander Lindsay (1812-80) was the head of an aristocratic family who owned vast coalfields in Lancashire, generating enormous wealth. Educated at Eton and Trinity ...
Dir. Jean-Luc Pinol. La ciudad antigua fue desapareciendo lentamente entre los siglos V y VII, dando paso a nuevas realidades urbanas que originarán la ...
This volume is the first complete overview of the process of commissioning and financing the construction of cathedrals during the Middle Ages. The first ...
The most enduring testament to the Mamluk Sultanate is its architecture. Not only do Mamluk buildings embody one of the most outstanding medieval architectural ...
This important and beautiful book accompanies the re-opening of the V&A's spectacular Medieval and Renaissance galleries. Presented thematically, it explores the social contexts responsible ...
People encounter architecture almost every day. Whether at home or outdoors, we take its presence for granted, forgetting how literally buildings structure our lives. ...
Symbole de l'art gothique, ruinée par les pillages et les destructions révolutionnaires, Notre-Dame fut massivement restaurée au XIXe siècle, et l'édifice que nous admirons ...
A fully illustrated, comprehensive record of London's medieval Charterhouse, from its foundation in the 14th century to the present day, presented by the Survey ...
"Perspectives on Medieval Art: Learning through Looking" examines medieval culture from a number of different viewpoints to reveal how the art of the Middle ...
Towns have been a place of evolution and development throughout British history. Using archaeological, topographical and documentary material, this book provides an insight into ...
This book explains in detail the practice of masoncraft in the Middle Ages, using evidence from a number of sources. Monastic chronicles, building contracts ...
È soprattutto nell'età medievale che in Italia si diffondono i castelli, sulla terraferma come sul mare. Inseriti in una organica rete difensiva, nella fase ...
