History 69

As the nineteenth century progressed, shorter working weeks brought more leisure time and improved opportunities to promote and take part in sport and entertainment. By 1900 two professional footbal……続きを見る

Winchcombe, once a royal Saxon borough, lies in the secluded valley of the infant River Isbourne in the North Cotswolds. Through these pages its people and buildings are recorded over the last two h……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best art……続きを見る

German architecture prior to the modern period has received less systemic, analytical study than that of Italy, France, and Britain. Scholarly discussion of broad traditions or continuities within G……続きを見る

The understanding and interpretation of ancient architecture, landscapes, and art has always been viewed through an iconographic lensーa cognitive process based on traditional practices in art histo……続きを見る

The destruction of Nimrud and Palmyra, crumbled shells of mosques in Iraq, the fall of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11: when architectural totems such as these are destroyed by conflicts and th……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

This two-volume book explores how the great buildings of England bear witness to a thousand years of the nation’s history. In every age, investment in iconic buildings reaches a climax when the prev……続きを見る

Flucht und Vertreibung, Nachkriegskindheit im Sauerland Ankunft im neuen Zuhause. Zwei Zimmer ohne Mobiliar, ohne Bad und Küche mit Wasseranschluss im Hof. Essen gab es nur auf Lebensmittelmarken. D……続きを見る

This two-volume book explores how the great buildings of England bear witness to a thousand years of the nation’s history. In every age, investment in iconic buildings reaches a climax when the prev……続きを見る

This book clarifies the interrelationship between optics, vision and perspective before the Classical Age, examining binocularity in particular. The author shows how binocular vision was one of the ……続きを見る

Sous un intitulé ambitieux, Vingt Siècles en cathédrales, l'exposition qui s'est tenue à Reims dans le palais du Tau, du 29 juin au 2 décembre 2001, a montré à travers les maquettes anciennes les pi……続きを見る

Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944) hat die Entwicklung der modernen Malerei wie kaum ein anderer geprägt. Sein Leben zwischen Ost und West, in den Wirren von Revolutionen und Weltkriegen, war ein Leben……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

As the first inclusive study of how women have shaped the modern Indian built environment from the independence struggle until today, this book reveals a history that is largely unknown, not only in……続きを見る

The peak of architectural ironwork in the 19th Century saw the spread of ornate decorative ironwork across the world. In recent years there has been a significant increase in conservation and restor……続きを見る

For the first hundred years or so of their history, public libraries in Britain were built in an array of revivalist architectural styles. This backward-looking tradition was decisively broken in th……続きを見る

Après Christian de Portzamparc (1996), Renzo Piano (2000), Jean Nouvel (2001), Morphosis (2006) et Richard Rogers (2007), le Centre Georges-Pompidou a présenté du 11 juin au 22 septembre 2008 la pre……続きを見る

Brief Guide to the History of Architectural Styles is a full-color illustrated edition of the classic study of the history of European architecture from ancient world to Frank Lloyd Wright. This han……続きを見る

Ein fesselnder Countdown in den letzten Stunden Pompejis – wissenschaftlich fundiert und erzählerisch packend. Tauchen Sie ein in eine Welt kurz vor ihrem Untergang – und entdecken Sie Pompeji neu. ……続きを見る

Why were seventeenth-century antiquarians so spectacularly wrong? Even if they knew what ancient monuments looked like, they deliberately distorted the representation of them in print. Deciphering t……続きを見る

This book offers the first critical study of the architecture of the Roman triumph, ancient Rome's most important victory ritual. Through case studies ranging from the republican to imperial periods……続きを見る

Studies on architecture in South Asia continue to ignore women in canonical histories of the discipline. This book attempts to recover the stories of the women architects whose careers nearly parall……続きを見る

Frank Lloyd Wright : The Early Years : Progressivism : Aesthetics : Cities examines Wright's belief that all aspects of human life must embrace and celebrate an aesthetic experience that would there……続きを見る

The city of Gloucester has been the subject of many publications in recent years that have detailed its long and eventful history. Gloucester From Old Photographs is a unique addition to the list as……続きを見る

Monmouth (Welsh: Trefynwy – ‘town on the Monnow’), is a traditional county town in Monmouthshire, Wales, and is located on the confluence of the River Monnow and River Wye. On the site of a Roman fo……続きを見る

Bramhall is a thriving, bustling and leafy suburb of Stockport, close to Manchester. It has been voted the least ‘lonely place’ in Britain; according to research from the University of Sheffield, Br……続きを見る

Mansfield Through Time offers a cameo glimpse of a town whose character and identity has, over the last few hundred years, been moulded, modified and tempered by coal mining and the Industrial Revol……続きを見る

A new town established in the 1800s, Colwyn Bay thrived with the coming of the railway, growing over the last century into one of the largest communities in North Wales. In Secret Colwyn Bay, local ……続きを見る