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| 1. |  | Title: Early Gothic Saint-Denis: restorations and survivals  Author: Blum, Pamela Z Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Art | Architectural History | Art History | Medieval Studies | Archaeology Publisher's Description: quality. Indeed, the well-preserved sculptural passages provide a key to the Early Gothic style as well as revealing the distinct imprints of three artists and their influences on each other. Blum's penetrating analyses of the restorative techniques and materials are accompanied by telling photograp . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 2. |  | Title: The forgotten hermitage of Skellig Michael Author: Horn, Walter William 1908- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Architecture | Art | Architectural History | Medieval Studies Publisher's Description: This book is a dramatically told and visually stunning account of a ninth-century hermitage discovered on the South Peak of Skellig Michael, an island off the west coast of Ireland. It is the story, pieced together from fragmentary remains, study, and conjecture, of a man's attempt to live on a tiny . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 3. |  | Title: The origins of modernism in Russian architecture Author: Brumfield, William Craft 1944- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Architecture | Architectural History | Russian and Eastern European Studies Publisher's Description: The dramatic transformation of Russian architecture from the 1880s to the 1917 revolution reflected the profound changes in Russian society as it entered the modern industrial age. William Craft Brumfield examines the extraordinary diversity of architectural styles in this period and traces the sear . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 4. |  | Title: Sanctuaries of Spanish New Mexico/ Author: Treib, Marc Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Architecture | Architectural History Publisher's Description: Among the oldest buildings in the United States, the churches of Spanish New Mexico - made of earth, of stone, of wood - are the surprisingly fragile reminders of a unique amalgam of Spanish architectural ideas and native American Pueblo culture. This book surveys the land and rivers, the people and . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 5. |  | Title: William Faulkner and the tangible past: the architecture of Yoknapatawpha Author: Hines, Thomas S Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Architecture | Architectural History | Literature | American Literature | United States History Publisher's Description: The world of William Faulkner is seen from a new perspective in Thomas Hines's imaginative and many-faceted study. Hines assesses the impact of the built environment on Faulkner's consciousness and shows how the architecture of the writer's fictional county of Yoknapatawpha reflects the actual archi . . . [more] Similar Items |