Religious Buildings

When The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods first appeared in 1962, it was hailed by the critics for it erudition, historical imagination and boldness...

On the occasion of the forthcoming renovation of the Paulskirche in Frankfurt am Main, the book recounts the history of its construction, reconstru...

This book explores Louis I. Kahn's approach to tradition as revealed in two of his important, unbuilt, projects. Focusing on Kahn's designs for the...

Professor Sauerländer is the leading authority on Gothic sculpture of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The papers collected here have been pub...

This book contains the first published results of Schwaller's 12 years of research at the temple of Luxor and its implications for interpreting the...

This lavishly illustrated book looks at the art and architecture of episcopal palaces as expressions of power and ideology. Tracing the history of ...

A major difficulty for those who wish to understand and enjoy Scottish medieval churches is the ecclesiological groundwork was not carried out in t...

Beliefs in the afterlife dominated the images, literature and liturgy of medieval church and society. In particular, the concept of purgatory – a p...

A small church nestling deep in the countryside is instantly evocative. Why is it there at all? Whom does it serve? These are worthy questions to a...

From Late Antiquity to ca. 1500, the exchange of artistic expressions, literary formulas and moral ideals allowed successive bishops to generate an...

Social groups formed around shared religious beliefs encountered significant change and challenges between the 1860s and the 1970s. This book is th...

The featured synod buildings in Scotland, Ireland, Hungary, Italy and Germany were predominantly built in the 19th and early 20th centuries, at a t...

Exeter glazing, and particularly the Great East Window, is of major importance. For the first time, this study establishes the correct dating, prov...

Chartres Cathedral is one of the great monuments to medieval art, a spectacular attraction for visitors to this beautiful city. Its old town is equ...

Open churches are valuable public spaces that embrace new possibilities while continuing to fulfill their liturgical function. The focus of Kirche ...

See below for alternative languages for this title Chartres Cathedral is one of the great monuments to medieval art, a spectacular attraction for v...

First published in 1984. Written by a well-respected Professor of Egyptology at University College, London in the latter half of the nineteenth cen...

Set on a hillside near Cluny, in a region associated with religious institutions and sacred architecture (including Le Corbusier's La Tourette), Le...

Visiting historic buildings is one of Britain's most popular pursuits. But, all too often, visitors are frustrated by existing guidebooks, which as...

Social groups formed around shared religious beliefs encountered significant change and challenges between the 1860s and the 1970s. This book is th...

It has often been said that nowhere in the United States can one find a greater collection of magnificent and historic synagogues than on New York’...

The social sciences have mostly ignored the role of physical buildings in shaping the social fabric of communities and groups. Although the emergin...

Thinking about church architecture has come to an impasse. Reformers and traditionalists are talking past each other. In Theology in Stone, Richard...

Originally published in 1979, Gold Was the Mortar details the financing and the building of the medieval cathedrals at Paris, Amiens, Toulouse, Lyo...

This exhilarating study focuses on some of the most exciting and groundbreaking manifestations of English architectural genius. With great verve ...

This beautifully illustrated book showcases the Hindu and Jain temples of Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka built prior to the i...

Chapels were among the important types of buildings that evolved during the first four centuries of organised Christianity in the West. They were o...

This book is the first comprehensive study of Mormon architecture. It centers on the doctrine of Zion which led to over 500 planned settlements in ...

Religious Architecture in Latium and Etruria c. 900-500 BC presents the first comprehensive treatment of cult buildings in western central Italy fr...

Jeanne Halgren Kildes survey of church architecture is unlike any other. Her main concern is not the buildings themselves, but rather the dynamic c...