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Philip Webb was a British architect known as a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and also a key member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. He had a long association with William Morris and was respo……続きを見る

Philip Webb was a British architect known as a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and also a key member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. He had a long association with William Morris and was respo……続きを見る

Philip Webb was a British architect known as a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and also a key member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. He had a long association with William Morris and was respo……続きを見る

The Roman army was one of the most astounding organizations in the ancient world, and much of the success of the Roman empire can be attributed to its soldiers. Archaeological remains and ancient te……続きを見る

A highly readable, beautifully illustrated study of the homes built by elite colonial Philadelphians as retreatsーwhich balanced English models with developing local taste. Colonial Americans, if th……続きを見る

After World War II, America’s religious denominations spent billions on church architecture as they spread into the suburbs. In this richly illustrated history of midcentury modern churches in the M……続きを見る

Take a journey into a part of London that you never knew existed. Explore the city's many Art Deco office buildings in a profusely illustrated two part ebook by award winning author Gregory Edwards.……続きを見る

Take a journey into a part of London that you never knew existed. Explore the city's many Art Deco office buildings in a profusely illustrated two part ebook by award winning author Gregory Edwards.……続きを見る

Live Souls presents 210 of the numerous photos that Alec Wainman took in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, and his personal story of his time as a volunteer member of the British Medical Unit. Unt……続きを見る

Moving away from the standard survey that takes readers from architect to architect and style to style, Building the Nation: Americans Write About Their Architecture, Their Cities, and Their Landsca……続きを見る

This provocative volume stimulates debate about lost 'heritage' by examining the history of the hundreds of great houses demolished in Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century. Seven lively essa……続きを見る

Intricate, expressive, given to grandeur and even excess, Baroque art as a style is inseparable from the meanings it seeks to convey. Vernon Hyde Minor’s Baroque Visual Rhetoric probes this combinat……続きを見る

This groundbreaking study traces the development of Roman architecture and its sculpture from the earliest days to the middle of the 5th century BCE. Existing narratives cast the Greeks as the proge……続きを見る

Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and human needs. Topics include kinetic and transformable structures, d……続きを見る

The first quarter of the 15th century saw the start of the construction of this building, which has always been known as the Escuelas Mayores. In 1411, Cardinal Pedro de Luna, an enthusiastic suppor……続きを見る

From prize-winning historical novelist Louise Allen, this book presents nine walks through both the London Jane Austen knew and the London of her novels! Follow in Jane's footsteps to her publisher'……続きを見る

Before the live streaming of international fashion shows and the instant publication of runway images online, the collections were strictly 'invitation only'. It was the photographer, runway's unsun……続きを見る

Garden Cities: the phrase is redolent of Arts and Crafts values and nineteenth-century utopianism. But despite being the culmination of a range of influential movements, and having global influence ……続きを見る

From Norman Foster's remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London's tube stations are among its most distinctive an……続きを見る

The 1960s witnessed a sustained period of economic growth, consumer spending and stable employment. This hitherto unknown prosperity enabled a market growth in levels of owner occupation and a subse……続きを見る

A picture can say a thousand words and the images caught on camera during the Victorian and Edwardian periods provide a fascinating insight into the lives of Britons during this time. Take a step ba……続きを見る

The birth of the skyscraper in Chicago in the mid-1880s introduced a new direction for city architecture: upwards. But how-and why- was it that Chicago set the standard for high-rise buildings, not ……続きを見る

The Chicago River divides America's Second City into the North and South Sides, and the bridges that span it are famous for their number and beauty. With the first constructed in 1832, it was only t……続きを見る

Since the early seventeenth century, when the cultivation of exotic plants and fruit became fashionable in northern Europe, glasshouses have offered an artificial climate in which they could flouris……続きを見る

Modern living began with the homes of the 1950s. Casting aside the privations of the Second World War, American architects embraced the must-have mod-cons: they wrapped fitted kitchens around fridge……続きを見る

Wenig vermag die Gemeinde der Musikliebhaber so tief zu spalten wie eine Oper von Richard Wagner. Manch einer lehnt Wagner in Bausch und Bogen ab und begründet dies mit dessen Antisemitismus, währen……続きを見る

Die Klaviersonaten Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts gehören bis heute zu den beliebtesten Klavierwerken der Musikgeschichte. Sie zeichnen sich durch ihren Assoziationsreichtum, ihre klangliche Flexibilität ……続きを見る

Mit dem Aufstieg Roms zum Zentrum eines riesigen Imperiums nahm auch die römische Kunst ihre spezifischen Züge an. Dieser anregende und allgemeinverständliche Band zeigt, wie die Römer sich ab dem 3……続きを見る

Mozarts Opern Idomeneo, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni und Così fan tutte gehören ebenso wie das Singspiel Die Zauberflöte – um nur einige wenige seiner Bühnenwerke zu nennen – zum festen Repertoi……続きを見る

Wie wirkmächtig die Leidenschaft Ludwigs I. für die Kunst war, lässt die Würdigung des Parlamentsausschusses in London im Jahr 1836 erahnen, die Bayern als „classic country of the arts“ adelte. Hatt……続きを見る