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Dans les pays d’Asie centrale, la stricte interdiction de représenter la figure humaine a permis de développer la création architecturale et son ornementation. Ce livre invite à un voyage magique da……続きを見る

Cet ouvrage est l’occasion d’expliquer et de célébrer la richesse de ces églises et cathédrales qui occupant une place majeure au sein de l’architecture médiévale occidentale. Le style gothique angl……続きを見る

The strict prohibition on the representation of the human form has channeled artistic creation into architecture and architectural decoration. This book is a magical tour through Central Asia - Khir……続きを見る

Le royaume du Champa s’organise vers le Ve siècle après J.-C. sur une large partie du territoire du Vietnam actuel. Il reste encore quelques magnifiques édifices dans la région de Nha Trang. La scul……続きを見る

Indien hat mit seiner langen und farbenfrohen Geschichte auf viele Arten künstlerische Traditionen hervorgebracht: Architektur, Malerei, Bildhauerei, Kalligraphie, Mosaiken und Kunsthandwerk veransc……続きを見る

Les arts de l’Islam ne sont pas les arts d’une nation ni ceux d’un peuple, mais ceux d’une religion, l’Islam. Partis d’Arabie, ses croyants prosélytes surent conquérir, en quelques siècles, un terri……続きを見る

Das vorliegende Buch stellt eine Enzyklopädie der klassischen chinesischen Kunst dar und gibt einen informativen Überblick über all ihre Formen. Auf diese Weise präsentiert es auch den Schlüssel für……続きを見る

Si le « palais de l’amour » autrement connu sous le nom de Taj Mahal, est considéré comme l’emblème de l’art de l’inde, il n’en est pas pour autant l’unique représentant. Caractéristique par son élé……続きを見る

Berceau de l'art de l'Extrême-Orient, la Chine a toujours fasciné l'Occident, ses penseurs, ses savants autant que ses artistes. Raffinée et mystérieuse, elle ne cesse depuis 10 000 ans de développe……続きを見る

Taiwan's specific situation in Asia is the source of its thorn past. Situated in the South East of China, Taiwan was at the crossroads of many maritime routes and squeezed between its neighbors, Chi……続きを見る

Das strikte Verbot, die menschliche Form darzustellen, das viele historische islamische Rechtsschulen aus dem Koran abzuleiten versuchten, hat das kreative Kunstschaffen islamisch geprägter Zivilisa……続きを見る

Das Königreich von Champa deckte um 500 n. Chr. einen weiten Teil des heutigen Vietnam ab. In der Umgebung von Nha Trang findet man heute noch einige wundersame Spuren davon. Die Champa-Bildhauerei ……続きを見る

Kingsport Speedway has hosted many of racing's greatest drivers, whether its track surface was asphalt, red clay, or brushed concrete. The short track, located in East Tennessee, has undergone drama……続きを見る

New York City has earned its place as the media capital of the world, and its newspapers have chronicled life, death, triumph, and tragedy. While people like Damon Runyon, Walter Winchell, and Jimmy……続きを見る

Plato, mathematician, philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, is, together with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, universally considered to have laid the foundations of We……続きを見る

Since the publication of Edward Said's groundbreaking work Orientalism 35 years ago, numerous studies have explored the West's fraught and enduring fascination with the so-called Orient. Focusing th……続きを見る

Mike Filey’s "The Way We Were" column in the Toronto Sun continues to be one of the paper’s most popular features. In More Toronto Sketches, the second volume in Dundurn Press’s Toronto Sketches ser……続きを見る

Until the mid-twentieth century the Western imagination seemed intent on viewing Rome purely in terms of its classical past or as a stop on the Grand Tour. This collection of essays looks at Rome fr……続きを見る

During the second half of the eighteenth century British architecture moved away from the dominant school of classicism in favour of a more creative freedom of expression. At the forefront of this c……続きを見る

A thriving market town once situated in Berkshire, but now in Oxfordshire, Wallingford has a lot to offer both the local residents and the passers-by. With regular local markets and a welcoming town……続きを見る

The story of London, told through twelve of its most seminal buildings. 'Excellent ...this is an imaginative book that finds a convincing new way to tell the story of one of the most written-about c……続きを見る

Finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize A landmark and collectible volumeーbeautifully produced in duotoneーthat canonizes Frederick Douglass through historic photography. Commemorating the bi……続きを見る

After critiquingーand infuriatingーthe art world with The Painted Word, the award-winning author Tom Wolfe shares his less-than-favorable thoughts about modern architecture in From Bauhaus to Our Ho……続きを見る

June and Vernon Bull take us on a tour of Peterborough through the ages, explaining the history behind the well-known landmarks of this fine city. Photographs illustrate shops, schools, garages, chu……続きを見る

Digbeth, Birmingham's oldest street has descended downhill from St Martin Church to the River Rea since 1166 when Birmingham's market opened. At the Rea crossing Deritend joins Digbeth to form a sou……続きを見る

Falmouth, situated on the beautiful River Fal, and with one of the finest natural harbours in the world, developed and prospered to become the base for the famous Packet Service between the seventee……続きを見る

Constantine the Great (285 337) played a crucial role in mediating between the pagan, imperial past of the city of Rome, which he conquered in 312, and its future as a Christian capital. In this lea……続きを見る

The stretch of railway line between Hull and Bridlington forms part of northern England’s historic Yorkshire Coast Line (or the Hull to Scarborough line), which runs from Hull Paragon to Bridlington……続きを見る

Nation-states have long used representational architecture to create symbolic identities for public consumption both at home and abroad. Government buildings, major ensembles and urban plans have a ……続きを見る

Medieval castles were, alongside the great cathedrals, the most recognisable buildings of the medieval world. Closely associated with concepts of justice, lordship and authority as well as military ……続きを見る