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In this book, Alessandro Pierattini offers a comprehensive study of
the evolution of pre-archaic Greek temple architecture from the
eleventh to mid-seventh century BCE. Demystifying the formative
stages of Greek architecture, he traces how temples were
transformed from unassuming shrines made of perishable materials
into large stone and terracotta monuments. Grounded in
archaeological evidence, the volume analyzes the design, function,
construction, and aesthetic of the Greek temple. While the book's
primary focus is architectural, it also draws on non-architectural
material culture, ancient cult practice, and social history, which
also defined the context that fostered the Greek temple's initial
development. In reconstituting this early history, Pierattini also
draws attention to new developments as well as legacies from
previous eras. Ultimately, he reveals why the temple's pre-Archaic
development is not only of interest in itself, but also a key to
the origins of the Greek monumental architecture of the Archaic
period.
The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth is among the most
celebrated loca sancta in the Holy Land, a sacred destination of
both Eastern and Western pilgrims for millennia. Celebrating the
50th anniversary of the modern edifice, this anthology is the first
to offer a comprehensive study of the church, comprising the
historical stages of its construction from the Byzantine era,
through Crusader and Franciscan campaigns, and into the present
day; the impact of the Second Vatican Council on the reception of
modern elements of its architecture; and studies of its decorative
elements including stained-glass windows, bronze doors, and votive
panels from all over the world. These various analyses take into
consideration the complex challenges facing Christian art in a
multicultural world.
The Place of the Mosque: Genealogies of Space, Knowledge, and Power
extends Foucault's analysis Of Other Spaces and the "ideological
conflicts which underlie the controversies of our day [that] take
place between pious descendants of time and tenacious inhabitants
of space." The book uses this framework to illuminate how mosques
have been threatened in the past, from the Cordoba Mosque in the
eighth century to the development of Moorish aesthetics in
nineteenth-century United States to the clashes surrounding the
building of mosques in the West in the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries. Foucault's genealogy allows us to elaborate and study
the subjects that are caught in the emergence of a battle-the
social and political will to power, the networks of power and the
rituals of power-in the interstitial space which define the
subjects and clears a space ruling both the body and space. In
going beyond individual buildings to broader geographical and
genealogical dimensions of the power struggles, The Place of the
Mosque reconciles the public space experience, governmentality, and
micro powers, paving the way for a new philosophical language.
Expanding architectural and urban regional approaches, Kahera shows
the biopolitical significance of the problem of space.
Die untergegangene sogenannte Capella Speciosa in Klosterneuburg
ist als Initialbau der osterreichischen Gotik anzusehen. Die im
Jahre 1221 geweihte Kapelle zahlte zu den bedeutendsten Bauten der
Fruhgotik in Mitteleuropa. Ihre Erforschung stellte seit dem 19.
Jahrhundert ein wichtiges Desiderat der Kunstgeschichte dar. Die
vorliegende Publikation bringt eine umfassende Analyse des
bisherigen Forschungsstandes. Zum ersten Mal werden hier
vollstandig jene Bestandteile der Kapelle analysiert, die nach
ihrem Abbruch nach Laxenburg ubertragen worden sind. Auf der Basis
ihrer eingehenden und kritischen Auswertung und unter Heranziehung
aller historischen Darstellungen der Kapelle sowie der Ergebnisse
der Ausgrabung ihrer Fundamente konnte eine computergestutzte
Rekonstruktion und Visualisierung des Baues erstellt werden, die
ein wissenschaftlich abgesichertes, umfassendes Bild dieser
Pfalzkapelle Herzog Leopolds VI. von Osterreich bietet. Der
interdisziplinare Forschungsansatz aus kunsthistorischer
Bestandsaufnahme und Formenanalyse sowie
architekturwissenschaftlich-technischen Losungsangeboten folgt
einer avancierten neuartigen Methodik. Der Bildteil des Werks
enthalt alle verfugbaren Planunterlagen und Bildquellen fur die
Rekonstruktion. Das Ergebnis der Visualisierung wird in
Einzelbildern sowie in einer beiliegenden DVD prasentiert. Da sich
der Hauptautor Mario Schwarz und sein wissenschaftliches
Mitarbeiterteam seit 1993 mit der Aufgabe einer
Digitalrekonstruktion der Capella Speciosa beschaftigt haben, ist
der Bericht uber den schrittweisen Verlauf dieser Arbeiten nicht
zuletzt ein aufschlussreicher Beitrag zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte.
This book unravels the formation of the modern concept of cultural
heritage by charting its colonial, postcolonial-nationalist and
global trajectories. By bringing to light many unresearched
dimensions of the twelfth-century Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat
during its modern history, the study argues for a conceptual,
connected history that unfolded within the transcultural
interstices of European and Asian projects. With more than 1,400
black-and-white and colour illustrations of historic photographs,
architectural plans and samples of public media, the monograph
discusses the multiple lives of Angkor Wat over a 150-year-long
period from the 1860s to the 2010s. Volume 1 (Angkor in France)
reconceptualises the Orientalist, French-colonial 'discovery' of
the temple in the nineteenth century and brings to light the
manifold strategies at play in its physical representations as
plaster cast substitutes in museums and as hybrid pavilions in
universal and colonial exhibitions in Marseille and Paris from 1867
to 1937. Volume 2 (Angkor in Cambodia) covers, for the first time
in this depth, the various on-site restoration efforts inside the
'Archaeological Park of Angkor' from 1907 until 1970, and the
temple's gradual canonisation as a symbol of national identity
during Cambodia's troublesome decolonisation (1953-89), from
independence to Khmer Rouge terror and Vietnamese occupation, and,
finally, as a global icon of UNESCO World Heritage since 1992 until
today. Congratulations to our author Michael Falser who received
the prestigious 2021 ICAS Book Prize in the "Ground Breaking
Subject Matter" category.
In the late fifteenth century the newly built Sistine Chapel was
home to a vigorous culture of musical composition and performance.
Josquin des Prez stood at its center, singing and composing for the
pope's private choir. Josquin's Rome offers a new reading of the
composer's work in light of the repertory he and his fellow papal
singers performed from the chapel's singers' box. Comprising the
single largest surviving corpus of late fifteenth-century sacred
music, these pieces served as a backdrop for elaborately
choreographed liturgical ceremonies-a sonic analogue to the
frescoes by Botticelli, Perugino, and their contemporaries that
adorn the chapel's walls. Author Jesse Rodin uses a comparative
approach to uncover this aesthetically and intellectually rich
musical tradition. He confronts longstanding problems concerning
the authenticity and chronology of Josquin's music while offering
nuanced readings of scandalously understudied works by the
composer's contemporaries. The book further contextualizes Josquin
by locating intersections between his music and the wider
soundscape of the Cappella Sistina. Central to Rodin's argument is
the idea that these pieces lived in performance. The author puts
his interpretations into practice through a series of exquisite
recordings by his ensemble, Cut Circle (available both on the
companion website and as a CD from Musique en Wallonie). Josquin's
Rome is an essential resource for musicologists, scholars of the
Italian Renaissance, and enthusiasts of early music.
Artist Eugenia Balcells explores color and light as an artistic
expression. FREQUENCIES is the catalogue that accompanies a new
exhibition project by the artist Eugnia Balcells on some perceptive
aspects of energy: light and colour. FREQUENCIES is a book that
wants to be faithful to the screens on which the images of the
multimedia installations Colour wheel, Labyrinth, Marble and
Frequencies are projected. It is a book that allows us to slowly
study the flow of the colour spectrum that defines the geometry of
everything that exists. FREQUENCIES is both a visual source of
knowledge and a collection of reflections on the communicative
capacity of art and sciences.
Situated at the foothills of the Andes, overlooking the city of
Santiago, Chile, the Baha'i Temple of South America will be opened
in fall 2016. The Baha'i House of Worship is the most recent of the
continental temples. It welcomes people from all directions and all
creeds. Designed by Siamak Hariri and his team at Hariri Pontarini
Architects in Toronto, Canada, the sacred building combines
advanced engineering solutions, cutting-edge material innovation,
and computerized fabrication methods to create a light-filled space
for prayer and meditation - at once monumental and intimate.
Esthetics and technology in perfect synthesis. With numerous
drawings, models, renderings, and photographs, the book shows the
design and construction process, and the beauty, of this unique
building.
The social sciences have mostly ignored the role of physical
buildings in shaping the social fabric of communities and groups.
Although the emerging field of the sociology of architecture has
started to pay attention to physical structures, Brenneman and
Miller are the first to combine the light of sociological theory
and the empirical method in order to understand the impact of
physical structures on religious groups that build, transform, and
maintain them. Religious buildings not only reflect the groups that
build them or use them; these physical structures actually shape
and change those who gather and worship there. Religious buildings
are all around us. From Wall Street to Main Street, from sublime
and historic cathedrals to humble converted storefronts, these
buildings shape the global religious landscape, "building faith"
among those who worship in them while providing a testament to the
shape and duration of the faith of those who built them and those
who maintain them. Building Faith explores the social impact of
religious buildings in places as diverse as a Chicago suburb and a
Guatemalan indigenous Mayan village, all the while asking the
questions, "How does space shape community?" and "How do
communities shape the spaces that speak for them?"
This guidance is aimed at conservators and those specifying
conservation treatments for historic stonework. It will also be of
interest to conservation officers, and building owners and
managers. Although the past ten years have seen an increase in the
use of nanolime as a stone consolidant, not much was known about
its properties and performance, and there had been no long-term
evaluation of its effect on deteriorated limestone in an external
UK environment. Furthermore, there was no consistent guidance
regarding application of nanolime. For these reasons, Historic
England commissioned a programme of research at the University of
Bath and site trials at various English cathedrals. This
information will aid practitioners and specifiers to make informed
decisions about when and how to use nanolime. This document
describes: the performance requirements and essential properties of
consolidants in general the scientific theory underpinning the use
of nanolime factors that might limit the effectiveness of nanolime
the best ways to assess the suitability of stone for treatment with
nanolime how to apply nanolime
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