Modern living began with the homes of the 1950s. In what ways did life change for people moving into these swanky new homes, and why has the legacy of the 1950s home endured for so long? This title answers these questions and more in this introduction to the homes that embody th…
Crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass are common church features found in nearly all mainline denominations of American Christianity today. Most Protestant churchgoers would be surprised to learn, however, that at one time these features were vi…
Crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass are common church features found in nearly all mainline denominations of American Christianity today. Most Protestant churchgoers would be surprised to learn, however, that at one time these features were vi…
"This book features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). In charge of the buildings and grounds of Philippe, duke of Orléans, regent of France during the minority of Louis XV, Oppenord was at the center of the arch…
"Ancient Synagogues - Archaeology and Art. New Discoveries and Current Research presents archaeological evidence - the architecture, art, Jewish symbols, zodiac, biblical tales, inscriptions, and coins - which attest to the importance of the synagogue. When considered as a whole…
by Mital, Anil
fromAdvances in human factors, ergonomics
The awe-inspiring mosaics covering the walls, vaults, and domes of Byzantine churches of the medieval period still remain a mystery to modern viewers. Saints and Spectacle ventures into the world of ninth- and tenth-century Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, to…
The 'Book of Donors' for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. This study comprehensively analyzes this unpublished manuscript and shows the types and patterns of g…
The 'Book of Donors' for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. This study comprehensively analyzes this unpublished manuscript and shows the types and patterns of g…
A biographical sketch of the family / Melanie Anderson Bourbeau and Cynthia Cormier -- Hill-Stead and its architect / James F. O'Gorman -- The furnishings / Edward S. Cooke, Jr. -- The painting collection / Anne Higonnet -- The landscape, gardens, and farm / Allyson M. Hayward -…
"In 1798 Robert Morris-"financier of the American Revolution," confidant of George Washington, former U.S. senator-plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtors' prison and public contempt. How could one of the richest men in the United States, one of only two Found…
"The frescoes of Peruzzi, Raphael and Sodoma still dazzle visitors to the Villa Farnesina, but they survive in a stripped-down environment bereft of its landscape, sealed so it cannot breathe. Turner takes you outside that box, restoring these canonical images to their original …
This is the first volume concerned solely with the archaeology of a major late 17th century building in London, and the major changes it has undergone. 'St Paul?s Cathedral' in the City of London was built in 1675?1711 to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren and has been describe…
This is the first volume concerned solely with the archaeology of a major late 17th century building in London, and the major changes it has undergone. 'St Paul?s Cathedral' in the City of London was built in 1675?1711 to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren and has been describe…
