History of architecture
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History of architecture
Hardback. Investigates America's changing attitudes toward medieval art around the turn of the twentieth century through the lens of Princeton University and its role as a major patron of Gothic Revival art and architecture. Series: Publications of the Art Museum, Princeton University. Num Pages: 128 pages, 65 color illus. 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; ACV; ACX; AGC; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154015
- ISBN
- 9780691154015
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. William Jervois was a military engineer who rose to prominence as a result of Lord Palmerston's extensive programme of fortification against a feared French invasion in the middle years of the nineteenth century. Ramparts of Empire is a detailed and engaging study of his life and works. Num Pages: 322 pages, c. 150 b&w illustrations, 8 pages of colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AMX; TBX; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 273 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1282.
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905816040
- ISBN
- 9781905816040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.92
€ 157.92
Hardback. The year 2014 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and the beginning of World War I. Beginning with the Trojan War and weaving a cross-cultural narrative that ends in the 21st-century Middle East, this title explores how cultural treasures often became silent victims of armed conflict. Editor(s): Tollebeek, Jo; Van Assche, Eline. Series: Mercatorfonds. Num Pages: 352 pages, 230 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AMX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 286 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300204476
- ISBN
- 9780300204476
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Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 51.34
€ 65.40
€ 51.34
paperback. A comprehensive survey of Ravenna's history and monuments in late antiquity, including discussions of scholarly controversies, archaeological discoveries, and interpretations of art works. Num Pages: 460 pages, 103 b/w illus. 15 colour illus. 7 maps 7 tables. BIC Classification: ACG; AMX; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107612907
- ISBN
- 9781107612907
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Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Paperback. After the WWII, the need for reconstruction influenced the architectural style in Europe. This volume illustrates that the debate on the humanization of the built environment was carried out with great intensity in the East as well as in the West, irrespective of their political system, that led to similar concepts. Editor(s): Moravanszky, Akos; Lange, Torsten; Hopfengartner, Judith; Kegler, Karl. Num Pages: 376 pages, 170 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 170 farb. Abb., 3 schw.-w. Tab. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 248 x 26. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035610154
- ISBN
- 9783035610154
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.38
€ 46.99
€ 44.38
Paperback. Between 1960 and 1980, both eastern and western Europe experienced a construction boom of hitherto unknown dimensions. The new possibilities offered by science and industry paved the way to large-scale projects in architecture and urban design. This book deals with this topic. Editor(s): Moravanszky, Akos; Lange, Torsten; Hopfengartner, Judith; Kegler, Karl R. Num Pages: 320 pages, 165 colour illustrations, 165 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 246 x 21. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035610161
- ISBN
- 9783035610161
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.38
€ 46.99
€ 44.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415741552
- ISBN
- 9780415741552
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Condition: New
€ 73.22
€ 73.22
Hardback. The 18th-century rediscovery of the three archaic Greek-Doric temples in Paestum in southern Italy turned existing ideas on classical architecture upside down. In this book, the author analyzes extensive original source material, including letters, diaries, drawings, paintings, engravings and published texts, which are reproduced here. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 352 pages, 100 color + 185 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMA; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300195750
- ISBN
- 9780300195750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 872 pages, 224 black & white illustrations, 1724 colour illustrations, 1724 colour illustrations, 22. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138038912
- ISBN
- 9781138038912
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Condition: New
€ 73.22
€ 73.22
Hardcover. Explore how architects have helped breathe new life into old buildings using modern materials and aesthetics Num Pages: 144 pages, Full-colour throughout. BIC Classification: AMX; TNKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Instituto Monsa de Ediciones
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788416500055
- ISBN
- 9788416500055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.09
€ 26.99
€ 19.09
Hardback. Retrieving the term 'baroque' from the margins of art history, where it has been sidelined as 'anachronistic', scholars from a range of disciplines reconsider the usefulness of the term 'baroque'. This book attempts re-engagement with the term 'baroque' - its promise, its limits, and its overlooked potential - in relation to the visual arts. Num Pages: 350 pages, Includes 25 colour and 34 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754666851
- ISBN
- 9780754666851
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Condition: New
€ 187.92
€ 187.92
Reuse Value: Spolia and Appropriation in Art and Architecture from Con...
Professor Richard Brilliant (Ed.)
Paperback. Editor(s): Brilliant, Professor Richard; Kinney, Professor Dale. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: AB; AMX; HBLA1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138246768
- ISBN
- 9781138246768
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Condition: New
€ 73.22
€ 73.22
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ragette, Friedrich. Num Pages: 168 pages, 350 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 290 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681536
- ISBN
- 9783936681536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.33€ 46.87
€ 59.33
€ 46.87
Paperback. Writing from the view of a building technologist as well as and archaeologist, Tony Rook takes a practical approach in this introductory guide to the building types, techniques and methodology of the Romans. Num Pages: 176 pages, 121. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMX; HDDK; TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 237 x 11. Weight in Grams: 458. 176 pages, 121 Illustrations. Writing from the view of a building technologist as well as and archaeologist, Tony Rook takes a practical approach in this introductory guide to the building types, techniques and methodology of the Romans. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMX; HDDK; TNK. Dimension: 172 x 237 x 11. Weight: 458.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445601496
- ISBN
- 9781445601496
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.37
€ 36.99
€ 26.37
Hardcover. Multidisciplinary essays on early villa culture and architecture in Republican Italy Editor(s): Becker, Jeffrey; Nicola, Terrenato. Series: The Papers & Monographs of the American Academy in Rome. Num Pages: 168 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMX; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472117703
- ISBN
- 9780472117703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.56
€ 75.56
Hardback. Ruins and Fragments is a wide-ranging, elliptical, engaging view of the history of modernity through the lens of the ruined and fragmentary. It explores literary fragments such as the plays of Aeschylus, as well as how writers - Joyce, Coleridge, Pound, T. S. Elliot - exploit fragmentary techniques and forms. Num Pages: 208 pages, 60. BIC Classification: AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 251 x 29. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780234472
- ISBN
- 9781780234472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.27
€ 46.99
€ 33.27
Paperback. There is a great parallel between the great ocean liners and the great skyscrapers-a fascinating comparison between these two categories of design, engineering and creative genius. Bill Miller here in 'Sailing and Soaring' tells the wonderful story in words and photographs of the liners and skyscrapers from 1906 to 2010. Num Pages: 128 pages, 94 black and white and 52 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JMC; AMX; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 248 x 11. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553688
- ISBN
- 9781781553688
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 17 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816676163
- ISBN
- 9780816676163
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Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Hardcover. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection illuminates many previously unexplored aspects of the Basilica of San Lorenzo's history, extending from its Early Christian foundation to the modern era. San Lorenzo depicts this church as a living Florentine institution, continually reshaped by complex historical forces. Editor(s): Gaston, Robert W.; Waldman, Louis A. Series: Villa I Tatti Series. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AMN; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 27 x 21. .
- Publisher
- Villa I Tatti
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975675
- ISBN
- 9780674975675
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Condition: New
€ 99.82€ 90.07
€ 99.82
€ 90.07
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, 310 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMB; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 295 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2242.
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783869050065
- ISBN
- 9783869050065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.59
€ 52.99
€ 41.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681710
- ISBN
- 9783936681710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.72
€ 31.99
€ 26.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 120 illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 286 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681727
- ISBN
- 9783936681727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.61
€ 11.99
€ 10.61
Hardcover. A universal scholar and versatile artist, Karl Friedrich Schinkel led an intensive, if not boundless exchange with the society and the developments of the 19th century. In richly illustrated thematic chapters, this book presents a dialogue between Schinkel as a person, his oeuvre and his cultural world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 100 colour illustrations, 150 schw.-w. u. 100 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: 3JH; AMB; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035607789
- ISBN
- 9783035607789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.14
€ 55.14
Paperback. A fascinating pictorial history of Scottish lighthouses. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; AMG; AMX; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445658391
- ISBN
- 9781445658391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.89
€ 21.99
€ 16.89