Download or read book Fountain and Tomb written by Najīb Maḥfūẓ and published by Three Continents. This book was released on 1988 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A kaleidoscopic novel set in Cairo during the 1920s. The narrator tells tales of the street -- of separated lovers, childhood games, workers, neighbors, loneliness.
Download or read book Fountains and Water Culture in Byzantium written by Brooke Shilling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book restores the fountains of Roman Byzantium, Byzantine Constantinople and Ottoman Istanbul, reviving the sounds, shapes, smells and sights of past water cultures. Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, is surrounded on three sides by sea, and has no major river to deliver clean, potable water. However, the cultures that thrived in this remarkable waterscape through millennia have developed and sustained diverse water cultures and a water delivery system that has supported countless fountains, some of which survive today. Scholars address the delivery system that conveyed and stored water, and the fountains, large and small, from which it gushed. Papers consider spring water, rainwater and seawater; water suitable for drinking, bathing and baptism; and fountains real, imagined and symbolic. Experts in the history of art and culture, archaeology and theology, and poetry and prose, offer reflections on water and fountains across two millennia in one location.
Download or read book William Lethaby Symbolism and the Occult written by Amandeep Kaur Mann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-23 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delves into the life and work of architect William Richard Lethaby (1857–1931) and his relationship with the occult and alchemy, in particular. Using detailed analysis of Lethaby’s drawings and architecture, the research uncovers Lethaby’s familiarity with occult concepts and ideology during the spiritual revolution of the nineteenth century. Throughout this time, countless individuals, particularly members of the avant-garde, rejected more traditional religious pathways and sought answers through experimental and mystical alternatives. William Lethaby, Symbolism and the Occult reveals how the architect was profoundly influenced by the Zeitgeist, which was saturated with references to spiritualism, mysticism and the occult, and explores the impact of occultism on his contemporaries and the wider Arts and Crafts Movement. This book is written for upper-level students, researchers and academics interested in architectural history, William Lethaby and nineteenth century culture and society.
Download or read book The Graveyard Shift written by Carolee R. Inskeep and published by Ancestry Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying to find some peace in the City That Never Sleeps"" has always been difficult-even for dead New Yorkers. Rapid development, rising property values, a lack of space, health concerns, and government regulation have all conspired to move the dead from one graveyard to the next. The Graveyard Shift: A Family Historian's Guide to New York City Cemeteries documents the changing landscape of New York City cemeteries, telling the story behind each decision to move, as well as providing the new names and locations of each burial ground. This book, with its complete index, is an invaluable tool for anyone researching New York City ancestors.""
Download or read book The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fountains of Papal Rome written by Fanny Davenport Rogers MacVeagh and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Garden of the Mosques written by Crane and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1999-11-23 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an annotated translation of what is perhaps the most important Ottoman literary source for the Islamic monuments of the Ottoman capital, Istanbul: Hafız Hüseyin bin Ismail Ayvansarayî's Hadikat al-Cevami (The Garden of Mosques). Long recognized by Turkish scholars as a unique source for the city's architecture and urban form, the text, which was completed in 1195/1780 and revised and enlarged between 1248/1832-33 and 1253/1838 by Ali Sati, contains separate descriptions of each of Istanbul's more than 800 mosques, plus accounts of its medreses, tombs, tekkes and other monuments. The annotations place each of these buildings within the city's urban plan and provide biographical information about the patrons, architects and other personalities mentioned in the text. An introductory essay gives an account of Ayvansarayî's life and works, describes the various manuscript versions of the text and reviews the cartographic resources available for the study of Istanbul's urban form.
Download or read book Temples Tombs and Monuments of Ancient Greece and Rome written by William Henry Davenport Adams and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fountains of Silence written by Ruta Sepetys and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, extraordinary portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship. Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography--and fate--introduce him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War--as well as chilling definitions of fortune and fear. Daniel's photographs leave him with uncomfortable questions amidst shadows of danger. He is backed into a corner of difficult decisions to protect those he loves. Lives and hearts collide, revealing an incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city. Master storyteller Ruta Sepetys once again shines light into one of history's darkest corners in this epic, heart-wrenching novel about identity, unforgettable love, repercussions of war, and the hidden violence of silence--inspired by the true postwar struggles of Spain. Includes vintage media reports, oral history commentary, photos, and more. Praise for The Fountains of Silence "Spain under Francisco Franco is as dystopian a setting as Margaret Atwood’s Gilead in Ruta Sepetys’s suspenseful, romantic and timely new work of historical fiction . . . Like [Shakespeare's family romances], 'The Fountains of Silence' speaks truth to power, persuading future rulers to avoid repeating the crimes of the past." --The New York Times Book Review “Full of twists and revelations…an excellent story, and timely, too.” --The Wall Street Journal "A staggering tale of love, loss, and national shame." --Entertainment Weekly * "[Sepetys] tells a moving story made even more powerful by its placement in a lesser-known historical moment. Captivating, deft, and illuminating historical fiction." --Booklist, *STARRED REVIEW* * "This gripping, often haunting historical novel offers a memorable portrait of fascist Spain." --Publishers Weekly, *STARRED REVIEW* * "This richly woven historical fiction . . . will keep young adults as well as adults interested from the first page to the last." --SLC, *STARRED REVIEW* * "Riveting . . . An exemplary work of historical fiction." --The Horn Book, *STARRED REVIEW*
Download or read book Fountains and Water Culture in Byzantium written by Brooke Shilling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores the ancient fountains of Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul, reviving the senses of past water cultures.
Download or read book A Handbook of Rome and Its Environs written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grand Master Sinan written by Türkiye Turing ve Otomobil Kurumu and published by Türkiye Turing ve Otomobil kurumu. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Grand Sinan was conscripted into Ottoman service under the devshirme system from Kayseri Ağırnas and increased his experience by completing his observations in the Arabian and Persian territories under the service of the army and the sultan, he knew that he would build all the works the humanity would need in this wide geography, leave them as his legacy to the future and people would travel to see these works.
Download or read book Mimar Sinan s Istanbul written by Türkiye Turing ve Otomobil Kurumu and published by Türkiye Turing ve Otomobil kurumu. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mimar Sinan's Routes
Download or read book The National Magazine written by Abel Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Athens Etruria and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery written by Sheramy D. Bundrick and published by University of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lucrative trade in Athenian pottery flourished from the early sixth until the late fifth century B.C.E., finding an eager market in Etruria. Most studies of these painted vases focus on the artistry and worldview of the Greeks who made them, but Sheramy D. Bundrick shifts attention to their Etruscan customers, ancient trade networks, and archaeological contexts. Thousands of Greek painted vases have emerged from excavations of tombs, sanctuaries, and settlements throughout Etruria, from southern coastal centers to northern communities in the Po Valley. Using documented archaeological assemblages, especially from tombs in southern Etruria, Bundrick challenges the widely held assumption that Etruscans were hellenized through Greek imports. She marshals evidence to show that Etruscan consumers purposefully selected figured pottery that harmonized with their own local needs and customs, so much so that the vases are better described as etruscanized. Athenian ceramic workers, she contends, learned from traders which shapes and imagery sold best to the Etruscans and employed a variety of strategies to maximize artistry, output, and profit.
Download or read book The Savage Sword of Conan 3 written by Frank Tieri and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2024-07-10 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Savage Sword of Conan is back from Heroic Signatures and Titan Comics, and in issue 3 you will discover… CONAN: WOLVES OF THE TUNDRA A chilling tale of savagery in the snow, from writer Frank Tieri and artist Cary Nord. CONAN: CITY OF THE DEAD, NOVEL PREVIEW A sneak peek at John C. Hocking’s long-awaited novel omnibus JOHN C. HOCKING, A BIOGRAPHY John speaks on how life led him to the Cimmerian, and the journey of his two Conan novels. MASTER OF THE HUNT, PART THREE Writer/artist Patch Zircher’s Solomon Kane epic comes to its thrilling conclusion. CONAN: LURE OF THE PIT CREATURE A silent story of fate’s twisting fortunes, from writer/artist Alan Quah.
