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Treasures on Earth - A Good Housekeeping Guide to Churches and Their Contents (Hardcover): Peter Burman, John Habgood Treasures on Earth - A Good Housekeeping Guide to Churches and Their Contents (Hardcover)
Peter Burman, John Habgood
R2,629 Discovery Miles 26 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Churches are valuable not only for their significance within Christian religion, but also because of the historic value of the buildings themselves, and the artistic objects, furnishings and decorative features contained within them. This book explains the techniques and artistry involved in caring for the fabric and contents of churches. It considers the problems of cleaning and repair, and the damage that can be done by over-zealous non-specialists. The contributions to this book are wide-ranging and each chapter is written by a highly regarded specialist in his/her field. In addition to offering guidance on the conservation of stained glass, sculpture, textiles, metalwork, floors, furniture, decorative plaster work, paintings and so on, the book also covers the technical aspects of creating the right environment with the heating, ventilation and lighting of the building. The advice this volume contains should be essential reading for everyone concerned with the care and upkeep of churches.

Das Ehemalige Benediktinerkloster Blaubeuren - Bauforschung an Einer Klosteranlage Des Spatmittelalters (German, Hardcover):... Das Ehemalige Benediktinerkloster Blaubeuren - Bauforschung an Einer Klosteranlage Des Spatmittelalters (German, Hardcover)
Christian Kayser; Contributions by Corinna Knipper, Wolfgang Lohlein, Martina Seifert, Marcus Stecher, …
R1,941 R1,618 Discovery Miles 16 180 Save R323 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Kirchenraum - Eine Raumtheoretische Konzeptualisierung Der Wirkungsasthetik (German, Paperback): Clemens W Bethge Kirchenraum - Eine Raumtheoretische Konzeptualisierung Der Wirkungsasthetik (German, Paperback)
Clemens W Bethge
R1,355 R937 Discovery Miles 9 370 Save R418 (31%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Sachsische Landkirchen zwischen Barock und Historismus; Die Kirchenbauten von Christian Friedrich Uhlig (1774-1848) (German,... Sachsische Landkirchen zwischen Barock und Historismus; Die Kirchenbauten von Christian Friedrich Uhlig (1774-1848) (German, Paperback)
Stefan Thiele
R1,512 Discovery Miles 15 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Im Gegensatz zu den professionellen sachsischen Architekten des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts finden die zahlreichen landlichen Handwerksmeister nur wenig Beachtung. Dabei haben gerade diese entscheidenden Anteil an der Weiterfuhrung der protestantischen Gemeindekirche bis etwa 1860. Der bedeutendste unter ihnen ist der Zimmermeister Christian Friedrich Uhlig aus Altenhain bei Chemnitz. Nach seinen Planen wurden zwischen 1820 und 1850 im Erzgebirge und seinem Vorland insgesamt 12 Kirchen errichtet. Konzeptionell stehen sie mit umlaufenden Emporen und Kanzelaltar in der Tradition der barocken Predigtkirche; architekturgeschichtlich spannen sie den Bogen vom Barock uber klassizistische Elemente hin zu historisierenden Formen. Die Untersuchung widmet sich neben Leben und Werk Christian Friedrich Uhligs, vor allem der eingehenden Beschreibung seiner Sakralbauten und ihres architektur- und kirchengeschichtlichen Kontextes. Dabei wird versucht, das Charakteristische an Uhligs Handschrift herauszuarbeiten und seinen gewichtigen Beitrag zum sachsischen Kirchenbau im 19. Jahrhundert wieder starker ins Bewusstsein zu rucken.

Islamic Architecture - Form, Function, and Meaning (Hardcover, Casebound Ed): Robert Hillenbrand Islamic Architecture - Form, Function, and Meaning (Hardcover, Casebound Ed)
Robert Hillenbrand
R2,966 R2,366 Discovery Miles 23 660 Save R600 (20%) Out of stock

This beautifully conceived and produced survey of Islamic architecture explores the glorious world of the caravansarai, mausoleum, palace, and mosque. Focusing on the multifaceted relation of architecture to society, Robert Hillenbrand covers public architecture in the Middle East and North Africa from the medieval period to 1700. Extensive photographs and ground plans -- among which are hundreds of newly executed three-dimensional drawings that provide an accurate and vivid depiction of the structure -- are presented with an emphasis on the way the specific details of the building fulfilled their function.

Included are chapters on religious and secular architecture and the architecture of tombs. Each building is discussed in terms of function, the links between particular forms and specific uses, the role of special types of buildings in the Islamic order, and the expressions of different sociocultural groups in architectural terms. Here the student or historian of Islamic architecture will find an astonishing resource, including Maghribi palaces, Anatolian madrasas, Indian minarets, Fatimid mausolea, and Safavid mosques, each rendered in lavish illustrations and explained with incomparable precision.

Schulz und Schulz, Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig: Opus 83, 1. (German, Hardcover): Wolfgang Jean Stock Schulz und Schulz, Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig: Opus 83, 1. (German, Hardcover)
Wolfgang Jean Stock
R878 R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Save R162 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Text in English & German. Three places mark the chequered history of the provost church of St Trinitatis Leipzig. Not far from the site of the present new building was the historic church built in 1847 that was largely destroyed in World War Two. It took almost three decades for this church finally to be replaced in 1982. At the insistence of the East-German authorities, however, this building had to be erected in a suburb. Because of its inconvenient location and also because the building had structural damage from the very beginning, the congregation decided in 2008 to take a chance on a new start in the city centre. The third church of St Trinitatis, consecrated in 2015, is the largest Catholic church to be built in East Germany since the political turnover of 1989/90. The new church is located not only in the centre of town, but at a place that could not be more prominent: facing the large complex of the Neues Rathaus. In 2009 a competition held for the new church building with the adjacent parish centre was won by the Leipzig architects Ansgar and Benedikt Schulz. Their clever use of the triangular site particularly impressed the selection committee; at the same time, with the compact body of the church on the east and the tower on the west, they created two striking urban landmarks. Between the tower and the church is the spacious courtyard, which is open on two sides towards the surrounding area, emphasising the congregations programmatic 'openness'. The complex owes its homogenous appearance to the fact that all parts of the buildings are clad with local porphyry, an igneous rock that shimmers in delicate shades of red. While outwardly the church looks quite hermetic, the interior, with an inside height of 14.5 m, surprises the visitor by its vibrant luminosity. The decisive factor here is the skylight on the east side at a height of 22 m. From a source that is invisible to the worshippers, zenith light falls on the entire back wall behind the altar. In its disposition the church interior follows the decisions of the Second Vatican Council: separation between the priests space and the congregations space is abolished, the high altar is replaced by a peoples altar, and the faithful gather of the believers in communio around the liturgical centre. In addition to his main activity as an architecture publicist Wolf-gang Jean Stock was head of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur christ-liche Kunst and its gallery in Munich for nine years. Considering his rigorous artistic attitude, instinctively reminiscent of the work of Hilla and Bernd Becher, there is a certain consistency about the fact that the photographer Stefan Muller congenially creates images of the buildings of Owald Mathias Ungers, Max Dudler, Kleihues + Kleihues or Schulz und Schulz.

Emil Steffann (1899-1968) - Werk. Theorie. Wirkung (German, Paperback): Conrad Lienhardt Emil Steffann (1899-1968) - Werk. Theorie. Wirkung (German, Paperback)
Conrad Lienhardt
R1,075 Discovery Miles 10 750 Out of stock
Die Fabelwesen Von St. Jakob in Kastelaz Bei Tramin - Romanische Bilderwelt Antiken Und Vorantiken Ursprungs (German,... Die Fabelwesen Von St. Jakob in Kastelaz Bei Tramin - Romanische Bilderwelt Antiken Und Vorantiken Ursprungs (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2015 ed.)
Ursula Duriegl
R1,582 R1,232 Discovery Miles 12 320 Save R350 (22%) Out of stock
Die Trierer Domgrabung - Die Ausgrabungen Auf Dem Domfreihof (Nord-West-Bereich): Teil 1 - Die Funde (German, Hardcover):... Die Trierer Domgrabung - Die Ausgrabungen Auf Dem Domfreihof (Nord-West-Bereich): Teil 1 - Die Funde (German, Hardcover)
Hiltrud Merten, Winfried Weber
R2,061 Discovery Miles 20 610 Out of stock
Schloss Sunching - Ein Gesamtkunstwerk Des Hofischen Rokoko in Bayern. Umbau Und Neuausstattung Nach Entwurfen Von Francois de... Schloss Sunching - Ein Gesamtkunstwerk Des Hofischen Rokoko in Bayern. Umbau Und Neuausstattung Nach Entwurfen Von Francois de Cuvillies D. A. (1757 - 1766) (German, Hardcover)
Katharina Benak
R2,393 Discovery Miles 23 930 Out of stock
Aquileia - The Basilica-A Brief Guide World Hertitage Site (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Aquileia - The Basilica-A Brief Guide World Hertitage Site (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
R136 Discovery Miles 1 360 Out of stock
Grossenhain - Die Marienkirche (German, Paperback, 2nd ed.): Jens Heinert, Hartmut Mai Grossenhain - Die Marienkirche (German, Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Jens Heinert, Hartmut Mai
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Out of stock
Das Brandenburger Evangelistar (German, Hardcover): Beate Braun-Niehr Das Brandenburger Evangelistar (German, Hardcover)
Beate Braun-Niehr; Illustrated by Hans-Uwe Salge; Edited by Helmut Reihlen
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Out of stock
de Gebrandschilderde Ramen in de Sint-Romboutskathedraal - Te Mechelen (Dutch, Hardcover): Bert Verriest de Gebrandschilderde Ramen in de Sint-Romboutskathedraal - Te Mechelen (Dutch, Hardcover)
Bert Verriest; Illustrated by Andreas Lechtape; Contributions by Hans-Gunther Schneider
R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Out of stock
Gelnhausen - Kaiserpfalz (German, Paperback, 2nd ed.): Thomas Biller Gelnhausen - Kaiserpfalz (German, Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Thomas Biller; Edited by Kai R Mathieu
R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Out of stock
Die Rathauslaube in Koln (1569 - 1573) - Architektur Und Antikerezeption (German, Hardcover): Isabelle Kirgus Die Rathauslaube in Koln (1569 - 1573) - Architektur Und Antikerezeption (German, Hardcover)
Isabelle Kirgus
R432 Discovery Miles 4 320 Out of stock
Strassburg - La Cattedrale Die Nostra Signora (Italian, Paperback, 2nd ed.): Fuchs Monique Strassburg - La Cattedrale Die Nostra Signora (Italian, Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Fuchs Monique; Illustrated by Andreas Lechtape
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Out of stock
Passau - Kloster Niedernburg, Ehem. Benediktinerinnen-Abtei (German, Paperback, 3rd ed.): Herbert Wurster Passau - Kloster Niedernburg, Ehem. Benediktinerinnen-Abtei (German, Paperback, 3rd ed.)
Herbert Wurster; Illustrated by Dionys Asenkerschbaumer
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Out of stock
Memmingen - Evang.-Luth. Stadtpfarrkirche Unser Frauen (German, Paperback, 2nd ed.): Theophil Haffelder Memmingen - Evang.-Luth. Stadtpfarrkirche Unser Frauen (German, Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Theophil Haffelder
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Out of stock
Ebrach - Pfarrkirche, Ehemalige Zisterzienserabteikirche (German, Paperback, 23rd ed.): Wolfgang Wiemer Ebrach - Pfarrkirche, Ehemalige Zisterzienserabteikirche (German, Paperback, 23rd ed.)
Wolfgang Wiemer; Illustrated by Constantin Beyer
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Out of stock
Kottingworth - Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Vitus (German, Paperback, 3rd ed.): Emanuel Braun Kottingworth - Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Vitus (German, Paperback, 3rd ed.)
Emanuel Braun
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Out of stock
Die Auferstehungskirche in Pforzheim (1945 - 1948) - Otto Bartnings Kirchenbau Im Spannungsfeld Zwischen Moderne Und... Die Auferstehungskirche in Pforzheim (1945 - 1948) - Otto Bartnings Kirchenbau Im Spannungsfeld Zwischen Moderne Und Traditionalismus (German, Paperback)
Chris Gerbing
R656 Discovery Miles 6 560 Out of stock
Ebersmunster - Abteikirche (English, German, Paperback, 4th ed.): Roger Lehni Ebersmunster - Abteikirche (English, German, Paperback, 4th ed.)
Roger Lehni; Illustrated by Kurt Gramer
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Out of stock
Andechs - Il Santuario Sul Sacro Monte (Italian, Paperback): Birgitta Klemenz Andechs - Il Santuario Sul Sacro Monte (Italian, Paperback)
Birgitta Klemenz
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Out of stock
Karlsruhe - Die St. Stephanskirche (German, Paperback, 4th ed.): Josef Dewald, Michael Gerhard Kaufmann, Kurt Kramer, Stephan... Karlsruhe - Die St. Stephanskirche (German, Paperback, 4th ed.)
Josef Dewald, Michael Gerhard Kaufmann, Kurt Kramer, Stephan Langer, Achim Zerrer; Illustrated by …
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Out of stock
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