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With contributions from provocative art and architectural historians, this book is a unique exposition of the temporary architecture erected for festivals and the role it has played in developing We……続きを見る

Elgin From Old Photographs offers a fascinating glimpse into life in this Scottish town over the last hundred years or so. More than 230 images illustrate the changes that have overtaken the area an……続きを見る

Reading the Islamic City offers insights into the implications the practices of the Maliki school of Islamic law have for the inhabitants of the Islamic city, the madinah. The problematic term madin……続きを見る

Elgin Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Scotland. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Elgin, the famous streets and the famous f……続きを見る

The granite industry began on Cape Ann with the first sale of a piece of Rockport granite, for use as a millstone, to a farmer in Newburyport in 1800. The industry would grow to include more than 60……続きを見る

Thacher Island was named for Anthony Thacher who, in 1635, lost his four children and other family members in a shipwreck during the most severe storm to ever hit the Massachusetts coast. Only Antho……続きを見る

One historian described Luling in the 1870s as �the toughest town in Texas.� Along with the railroad came notorious gamblers who were ready to take a man�s hard-earned money any way they could. But ……続きを見る

A bem fundamentada pesquisa de Paulo Souto Maior mostra' como o ferro fundido passou a ser utilizado nas construções, a partir do século XIX, com a Revolução Industrial, e firmou-se como elemento co……続きを見る

With a history stretching back well over 1,000 years, there is no shortage of things of interest in the town of Elgin in the north-east of Scotland, past and present. The last of the Pictish kings -……続きを見る

Winner of the 2006 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award! The word 'nature' comes from natura, Latin for birth - as do the words nation, native and innate. But nature and nation share more than a common root,……続きを見る

The Moray coast contains a wide variety of scenery, from rocky coastlines, shifting shingle, rugged cliffs, sheltered bays, glorious stretches of sandy beaches and the largest dune system in Britain……続きを見る

Focusing on early nineteenth-century England?and on the works and texts of the inventor of paper photography, William Henry Fox Talbot?Singular Images, Failed Copies historicizes the conceptualizati……続きを見る

Vilano and the North Beaches are perhaps most known as small, eclectic beach communities within sight of St. Augustine, the nation's oldest city. For centuries, people have flocked to this coastal p……続きを見る

Lake Wales, �Crown Jewel of the Scenic Highlands,� is nestled among rolling hills and sparkling lakes in the geographic center of Florida. Before the 1900s, this area of the Lake Wales Ridge was con……続きを見る

The city of Pleasanton, located in the beautiful Amador-Livermore valley, was formed in 1867 when immigrants John Kottinger and Joshua Neal used land from their Californio wives� dowries and laid ou……続きを見る

Long before Jacob Leinenkugel, Edward Rutledge, and William Irvine were associated with Chippewa Falls, Native American people hunted, fished, and gathered the abundant food supplies of the Chippewa……続きを見る

Marie Antoinette at Petit Trianon challenges common perceptions of the last Queen of France, appraising the role she played in relation to the events of French Revolution through an original analysi……続きを見る

Ciò che è stato raccolto in questo volume è il risultato di un approccio multidisciplinare e diacronico ad un contesto territoriale e ad un contesto architettonico inestricabilmente connessi: il ter……続きを見る

Voici un guide méthodique tout en couleur destiné à tout public, avec des exemples pour vous aider à sélectionner l’emplacement, à développer le plan et à mettre des couleurs et des matériaux qui so……続きを見る

This book analyzes recent artistic and activist projects in order to conceptualize the new roles and goals of a critical theory and practice of art and photography. Vered Maimon argues that current ……続きを見る

Breve Historia de la Mitología Sumeria invita al lector a adentrarse en el mundo mesopotámico a través de los mitos que dieron lugar a una de las culturas más impresionantes del mundo oriental y que……続きを見る

As imagens ocupam um lugar central na produção da cultura visual nos séculos XX e XXI. Nas últimas décadas do século XX, a historiografia baseou-se em novas contribuições teóricas e metodológicas pa……続きを見る

Descubra los mitos y las leyendas de la religión celta a través de sus dioses, de sus héroes y sus personajes más conocidos como el Rey Arturo o Merlín el Encantador. La mitología celta ha sido una ……続きを見る

El ejército griego en la antigua Grecia es uno de los elementos más importantes para entender la historia militar en la antigüedad clásica y por lo tanto, los hechos históricos, políticos y sociales……続きを見る

In einer Zeit, in der Europa von Konflikten und Machtkämpfen gezeichnet war, verlagerte sich das Zentrum der päpstlichen Macht von Rom in die kleine französische Stadt Avignon. "Schatten über Rom: D……続きを見る