Download or read book The Architecture of Rome written by Ulrich Fürst and published by Edition Axel Menges. This book was released on 1998 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architects and artists have always acknowledged over the centuries that Rome is rightly called the 'eternal city'. Rome is eternal above all because it was always young, always 'in its prime'. Here the buildings that defined the West appeared over more than 2000 years, here the history of European architecture was written. The foundations were laid even in ancient Roman times, when the first attempts were made to design interiors and thus make space open to experience as something physical. And at that time the Roman architects also started to develop building types that are still valid today, thus creating the cornerstone of later Western architecture. In it Rome's primacy remained unbroken -- whether it was with old St Peter's as the first medieval basilica or new St. Peter's as the building in which Bramante and Michelangelo developed the High Renaissance, or with works by Bernini and Borromini whose rich and lucid spatial forms were to shape Baroque as far as Vienna, Bohemia and Lower Franconia, and also with Modern buildings, of which there are many unexpected pearls to be found in Rome. All this is comprehensible only if it is presented historically, i. e. in chronological sequence, and so the guide has not been arranged topographically as usual but chronologically.This means that one is not led in random sequence from a Baroque building to an ancient or a modern one, but the historical development is followed successively. Every epoch is preceded by an introduction that identifies its key features. This produces a continuous, lavishly illustrated history of the architecture of Rome -- and thus at the same time of the whole of the West. Practical handling is guaranteed by an alphabetical index and detailed maps, whose information does not just immediately illustrate the historical picture, but also makes it possible to choose a personal route through history.
Download or read book The Harvard Theological Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saints in Rome written by Guido Ambrogi and published by Youcanprint. This book was released on 2024-08-12 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2016 the Architect Guido Ambrogi began, at the request of some friends, to note down day by day the places in Rome where the Saints can be found, both through relics and through artistic representations. His Saints in Rome, thus, is a daily calendar, a "Roman Emerologio," for the benefit of all pilgrims.
Download or read book Lombard Architecture written by Arthur Kingsley Porter and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting written by Raimond van Marle and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Goldsmiths of Italy written by Sidney John Alexander Churchill and published by London : M. Hopkinson. This book was released on 1926 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sacred Stimulus written by Galit Noga-Banai and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did early Christian Rome deal with the fact that Christ was never there? Sacred Stimulus is about the effect Jerusalem had on the formulation of Christian art in Rome during the fourth and fifth centuries. It deals with the visual Christianization of Rome from an almost neglected perspective: not in comparison to pagan art in Rome, not as reflecting the struggle with Constantinople, but rather as visual expressions of the idea of Jerusalem and its holy sites and traditions.
Download or read book The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome written by Nicola Denzey Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new look at the Cult of the Saints in late antiquity: did it really dominate Christianity in late antique Rome?
Download or read book St Paul s Outside the Walls written by Nicola Camerlenghi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines one of Rome's most influential churches: the principal basilica dedicated to St Paul. Nicola Camerlenghi traces nearly two thousand years of physical transformations to the church, from before its construction in the fourth century to its reconstruction following a fire in 1823. By recounting this long history, he restores the building to its rightful place as a central, active participant in epochal political and religious shifts in Rome and across Christendom, as well as a protagonist in Western art and architectural history. Camerlenghi also examines how buildings in general trigger memories and anchor meaning, and how and why buildings endure, evolve, and remain relevant in cultural contexts far removed from the moment of their inception. At its core, Saint Paul's exemplifies the concept of building as a process, not a product: a process deeply interlinked with religion, institutions, history, cultural memory, and the arts. This study also includes state-of-the-art digital reconstructions synthesizing a wealth of historical evidence to visualize and analyze the earlier (now lost) stages of the building's history, offering glimpses into heretofore unexamined parts of its long, rich life.
Download or read book Paul the Martyr written by David L. Eastman and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2011 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient iconography of Paul is dominated by one image: Paul as martyr. Whether he is carrying a sword--the traditional instrument of his execution--or receiving a martyr's crown from Christ, the apostle was remembered and honored for his faithfulness to the point of death. As a result, Christians created a cult of Paul, centered on particular holy sites and characterized by practices such as the telling of stories, pilgrimage, and the veneration of relics. This study integrates literary, archaeological, artistic, and liturgical evidence to describe the development of the Pauline cult within the cultural context of the late antique West.
Download or read book The Rome Guide written by Mauro Lucentini and published by Interlink Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique, clever, informative, and incomparable guide to Rome Written by one of Italy's most distinguished journalists, this guidebook-a favorite in Italy and Germany-combines vivid, engaging descriptions and background with great practicality and enormous breadth of knowledge. A book both for people visiting Rome for the first time and for those who find themselves frustrated by the city's sheer complexity, this is an utterly reliable and accessible companion that brings the staggering riches of the Eternal City to vivid life. Comprehensive in scope, but plotted with both precision and panache, it will help any visitor make the most of even the briefest time in Rome. • Ten original walks and diversions uncover the heart of Rome • Fascinating text reveals the city's extraordinary rich tangle of 27 centuries of history and architecture • Full indexes and a biographical dictionary of artists • Hundreds of maps and diagrams make orientation foolproof • Complete visitor information provides practical details about staying and eating Rome
Download or read book Confronting the Borders of Medieval Art written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume approaches the problem of the canonical “center” by looking at art and architecture on the borders of the medieval world, from China to Armenia, Sweden, and Spain. Seven contributors engage three distinct yet related problems: margins, frontiers, and cross-cultural encounters. While not displaying a unified methodology or privileging specific theoretical constructs, the essays emphasize how strategies of representation articulated ownership and identity within contested arenas. What is contested is both medieval (the material evidence itself) and modern (the scholarly traditions in which the evidence has or has not been embedded). An introduction by the editors places the essays within historiographic and pedagogical frameworks. Contributors: J. Caskey, K. Kogman-Appel, C. Maranci, J. Purtle, C. Robinson, N. Wicker and E.S.Wolper.
Download or read book Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China written by R. G. Tiedemann and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assists scholars in their search for material on the anthropological, educational, medical, scientific, social, political, and religious dimensions of the missionary presence in China. This guide facilitates research concerning the history of Christianity in China as well as the wider Sino-Western cultural encounter.
Download or read book Southern Italy in the Late Middle Ages written by Eleni Sakellariou and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines economic history and theory to offer a positive reappraisal of the interaction between demographic forces, urbanization, commercialisation and the role of the state, and their impact on the late medieval economy of the kingdom of Naples.
Download or read book The Architecture of the Church of SS Pietro E Paolo D Arg Sicily written by Charles E. Nicklies and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Rome written by Martin Dunford and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Rome - now in full colour throughout - is the most readable introduction to the sights and attractions of one of the greatest cities on earth. Everything you need to know about the iconic landmarks, ancient buildings and distinctive neighbourhoods, as well as the inside track on the best of the city's restaurants, wine bars, shops, markets and much more, is presented in a user-friendly format with dozens of beautiful photos and colour-coded maps. With features on the best places for Roman pizza, the city's best hotel bars, cutting-edge cuisine and expert history and background on the art and architecture, the Rough Guide has everything you need to make the most of your stay. There's no better single-volume guide to Rome around. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Rome. Now available in ePub format.
