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Architecture / by Glancey, Jonathan.(CARDINAL)772793;
Introducing architecture -- What is architecture? -- The building blocks of architecture -- From village to city -- Ancient Near East -- Ancient Egypt -- The Americas -- Central & North America -- South America -- The classical world -- Classical Greece -- Roman architecture -- Early Christian & Byzantine architecture -- India & Southeast Asia -- Indian architecture -- Southeast Asia -- East Asia -- China -- Japan & Korea -- The Islamic world -- The first mosques -- Persia & Mughal India -- Medieval Europe -- Romanesque -- Gothic -- The Renaissance -- Italian Renaissance -- Renaissance beyond Italy -- Baroque & rococo -- Baroque -- Rococo -- Classical revival -- Neo-classicism -- Neo-classicism in the USA -- The industrial world -- The machine age -- Gothic revival -- Nostalgia & whimsy -- The modern world -- Modernism -- Traditionalism -- The contemporary world.
Subjects: Architecture;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 16
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Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania / by Jarvis, Howard,contributor.(CARDINAL)143377; Oates, John,1946-contributor.(CARDINAL)712537; Ochser, Tim,contributor.(CARDINAL)429453; Taylor, Neil,contributor.(CARDINAL)753358; DK Publishing, Inc.(CARDINAL)317714;
" ... Is the ultimate companion to the rugged and romantic Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. There are hundreds of color photographs and illustrations, as well as unique cutaways and detailed floor plans of all the must see sights. Special features include in-depth examinations of the history, cultural heritage, traditional festivals, and local cuisine of the three Baltic States, illustrated maps of the region's national parks (including Estonia's Soomaa National Park and Lithuania's Aukstaitija National Park), and explorations of medieval architecture in Tallinn, Arts Nouveau architecture in Riga, and Baroque architecture in Vilnius. These cosmopolitan cities are laid out for you with beautiful street-by-street mapping, and there are driving tours of Lake Peipsi and the Livonian Coast suggested for those eager to see the breathtaking countryside. ..."--Publisher description.
Subjects: Guidebooks.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Medieval ornament / by Heideloff, Carl Alexander von,1788-1865.(CARDINAL)731533;
Subjects: Decoration and ornament, Medieval.; Decoration and ornament, Architectural.; Architecture, Medieval.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Italian art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance / by Seidel, Max.(CARDINAL)277986;
v. 1. Painting -- v. 2. Architecture and sculpture.
Subjects: Art, Medieval; Art, Renaissance; Painting, Medieval; Painting, Renaissance; Architecture, Medieval; Architecture, Renaissance; Sculpture, Medieval; Sculpture, Renaissance;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Modern gothic : the revival of medieval art / by Matheson, Susan B.(CARDINAL)166044; Churchill, Derek D.(CARDINAL)223462;
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Gothic revival (Architecture); Architecture; Gothic revival (Architecture); Gothic revival (Architecture); Gothic revival (Art);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Images of American living; four centuries of architecture and furniture as cultural expression. by Gowans, Alan.(CARDINAL)163555;
Includes bibliographical references.Medieval America: The 17th Century -- 1. Background: Arts of Survival on Stone and Iron Age Frontiers -- 2. Homestead and Fort: National Traditions in Folk Forms -- 3. Lords and Serfs: Feudal Traditions in New Spain -- 4. Prince and Peasant: Authoritarian Traditions in New France -- 5. Patroons and Paupers: Mercantile Traditions in New Netherlands -- 6. Cult and Circumstance: The Puritan Tradition in New England -- 7. Inspired Experiments: Traditions of Independence in Pennsylvania -- 8. Planters of Urbanity: Traditions of Leadership in the Old South -- 9. Medieval Spirit in Folk Forms: The Tradition of 17th-century American Art -- Classical America: The 18th Century -- 1. From Colonies to Nation: The Classical Spirit -- 2. Four Phases of the Classical Mind: 18th-century Furniture as Historical Experession -- 3. An Age of Transition: The William and Mary Period, 1700-1725 -- 4. Formulation of the Classical Mind: American Queen Anne, 1725-1750 -- 5. Classical Maturity: The Chippendale-Georgian Period, 1750-1775 -- 6. Classical Decadence: Adamesque-Federal, c. 1780-c.1820 -- 7. Diversity Within Unity: The Classical Mind as Regional and Class Expression -- 8. Artisan to Artist: The Classical Mind as Personal ExpressionVictorian America: The 19th Century -- I. The "Classical Revivals": Transition to Victorian America -- 1. The Classical Symbol: Forms and Spirit of Neoclassicism in the New Republic -- 2. Towards a National Style: Experiments in Classical Symbolism, 1800-1825 -- 3. Neoclassical America: The Greek Revival, c.1820-c.1840 -- 4. Classical Revival Architecture as National Expression -- II. Style as Language and Symbol: The Victorian Mind in Art -- 1. From Romance to Archaeology: Three Phases of Victorian Art -- 2. Introducing the Eclectic Mind: Forms and Spirit of Early Victorian At, c. 1820-c.1850 -- 3. The "Battle of the Styles": Gothic Revival as Anticlassical Expression, 1820-1850 -- 4. From Early to High Victorian: Picturesqueness in the Italianate Manner, c. 1845-c.1860 -- 5. End of Innocence: Picturesque Eclecticism and Postwar Civilization in the High Victorian Age, c.1860-c.1885 -- 6. Power and Plenty: Picturesque Eclecticism as Cultural Expression -- 7. "Richardsonian Romanesque": High Victorian Art as Personal Expression -- 8. Varieties of Realistic Experience: The Late Victorian Mind, c. 1885-c.1930 -- 9. "Revival of the Revivals": Late Victorian Academic Realism20th-Century Man and 20th-Century Art in the United States -- I. "Organic Reality": The Late Victorian "Modern" Generation: c.1885-c.1920 -- 1. The "Rebels": Radicals versus Conservatives before World War I -- 2. New Reality in Old Forms: Late Victorian Principles in Early Modern Architecture, c.1885-c.1920 -- 3. Towards a New Trdition: The "Rebel" Rationale -- II. Modern Architecture Between the Wars: From Cult to Cultural Expression, c.1920-1940 -- 1. "Modernism" and the "Period House": "Normalcy" in the 1920s -- 2. From Europe to America: Anti-Victorian Reaction in the "International Style" -- 3. New Deal, New Order, New Architecture: The "International Style" as American Cultural Expression -- III. Since 1945: Architecture, Civilization, and Man in Modern America -- "For Good or Ill, Modern Architecture ..." -- Paradox I: Aspirins in the Age of Science -- Paradox II: Grey Flannel Suits in Space -- Paradox III: Supermen in the Age of Anxiety.The author traces architecture and furniture patterns from the first primitive shelters, medieval in tradition to the sophisticated structures which mark the period of this nation's emergence into world leadership.
Subjects: Architecture; Furniture;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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A medieval castle / by Jarrow, Gail.(CARDINAL)758490;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The castle- a fortified house -- Building the castle -- Defending against attack -- Castles under siege.Describes how medieval castles were built and examines the daily lives of those inhabiting them.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Architecture, Medieval; Castles;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The cathedral [videorecording] / by Cook, William R.(William Robert),1943-teacher.(CARDINAL)161113; Teaching Company,publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145).Editor, Rich Bernett ; produced by Zachary H. Rhoades ; academic content supervisors, Pamela Greer, Susan Dyer.Lecturer, William R. Cook, State University of New York at Geneseo.A course on the cathedral in Western civilization.DVD; NTSC.
Subjects: Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Educational films.; Cathedrals.; Cathedrals; Cathedrals; Cathedrals; Architecture, Gothic.; Vaults (Architecture), Gothic.; Architecture, Romanesque.; Architecture.; Architecture, Medieval.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Handbook to life in medieval and early modern Japan / by Deal, William E.(CARDINAL)468683;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-382) and index."The organization of Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan follows that of other books in the series and consists of chapters divided into sections, concluded by a reading list. Coverage includes history, religion, music, art and visual culture, architecture, literature, international relations, economy, travel, education, and everyday life"--Provided by publisher.
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Building the medieval cathedrals / by Watson, Percy.(CARDINAL)556543;
Discusses the materials and methods used in building the great English cathedrals, the craftsmen who built them, and the styles in which they were built.
Subjects: Architecture, Medieval; Building; Building; Cathedrals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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