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Author | : Simon Jenkins |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 449 |
Release | : 2021-11-04 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0241989566 |
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READERS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY WILL LOVE THIS BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED BOOK! "Simon Jenkins has provided a feast for both eyes and mind in this sumptuously illustrated guide to Europe's greatest cathedrals" John Barton, author of A History of the Bible "As ever, Simon Jenkins is here the best sort of guide to some of Europe's greatest buildings and their settings: well-informed, elegantly opinionated and passionate" Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years __________________________ Europe's cathedrals are magnificent. They outstrip palaces and castles. They are the most sensational group of structures anywhere in the world - which everyone should 'see before they die'. They are also hugely popular, most of them absolutely packed. They are humankind's greatest creations. In Europe's 100 Best Cathedrals, Simon Jenkins has travelled the continent - from Chartres to York, Cologne to Florence, Toledo to Moscow and Stockholm to Seville - to illuminate old favourites and highlight new discoveries. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of Europe's history tells the stories behind these wonders, showing the cathedral's central role in the European imagination. Readers will be inspired to make their own pilgrimage to all one hundred of them.
Author | : Simon Jenkins |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780241989555 |
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Europe's cathedrals are magnificent. They outstrip palaces and castles. They are the most sensational group of structures anywhere in the world - which everyone should 'see before they die'. They are also hugely popular, most of them absolutely packed. They are humankind's greatest creations. In Europe's 100 Best Cathedrals, Simon Jenkins has travelled the continent - from Chartres to York, Cologne to Florence, Toledo to Moscow and Stockholm to Seville - to illuminate old favourites and highlight new discoveries. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of Europe's history tells the stories behind these wonders, showing the cathedral's central role in the European imagination. Readers will be inspired to make their own pilgrimage to all one hundred of them.
Author | : Anne Prache |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Download Cathedrals of Europe Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Prache surveys the history of church building from its humble beginnings in Late Antiquity through the construction of such masterworks of the Gothic style as Reims, Strasbourg, and Wells. Throughout, she reminds us that these magnificent expressions of faith also reflected their builders' hopes and fears, technical expertise, political views, and the ever-changing economic and social realities with which they had to contend."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Simon Jenkins |
Publisher | : Penguin Global |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781846146640 |
Download England's Thousand Best Churches Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are prefaced by a map locating each church, and lavishly illustrated with colour photos from the Country Life archive. Jenkins contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Here, he brings that museum to public attention.
Author | : François Icher |
Publisher | : ABRAMS |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Download Building the Great Cathedrals Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume is a study of the people who commissioned, designed, and built the great cathedrals of Europe, from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries. Historian Francois Icher has written a lively, detailed account of the process by which these masterpieces of world architecture came to be - from their commissioning by a bishop or wealthy patron, to the hiring of an architect and mastercraftsmen, to the daily labor on the construction site. Supplementing the author's highly readable narrative are many stories and anecdotes about particular cathedrals and their construction; an appendix of archival documents that furnish additional details about the construction process at various sites; and a bibliography.
Author | : John Green |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2013-04-17 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0486283399 |
Download Cathedrals of the World Coloring Book Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This fascinating volume invites colorists of all ages to color detailed illustrations of 40 great churches from around the world. Includes St. Paul's (London), Chartres (France), Notre Dame (Paris), Cologne (Germany), St. Peter's (Rome), St. Basil's (Moscow), St. Patrick's (New York), the Washington Cathedral, and more.
Author | : Robert D. Kaplan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Romania |
ISBN | : 081299681X |
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"A history of Romania traces the author's intellectual development throughout his extensive visits to the country, sharing his observations about its reflection of European politics, geography and key events while exploring the indelible role of Vladimir Putin."--NoveList.
Author | : DIANA. DARKE |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1911723472 |
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Author | : Simon Jenkins |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2017-09-28 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0241978998 |
Download Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The perfect new gift from the bestselling author of Britain's 1000 Best Churches It is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of coming and going, meeting, greeting and parting. It is an institution with its own rituals and priests, and a long-neglected aspect of Britain's architecture. And yet so little do we look at the railway station. Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain, from Waterloo to Wemyss Bay, Betws-y-Coed to Beverley, to select his hundred best. Blending his usual insight and authority with his personal reflections and experiences - including his founding the Railway Heritage Trust - the foremost expert on our national heritage deftly reveals the history, geography, design and significance of each of these glories. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of our social history shows the station's role in the national imagination; champions the engineers, architects and rival companies that made them possible; and tells the story behind the triumphs and follies of these very British creations. These are the marvellous, often undersung places that link our nation, celebrated like never before.
Author | : George Weigel |
Publisher | : Gracewing Publishing |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780852446485 |
Download The Cube and the Cathedral Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Contrasting the civilization that produced the starkly modernist "cube" of the Great Arch of La Defense in Paris with the civilization that produced the "cathedral" Notre Dame, Weigel argues that Europe's embrace of a narrow secularism has led to a crisis of morale that is eroding Europe's soul.