How to Read Churches

A Crash Course in Christian Architecture

von Denis R. Mcnamara

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A handy and easy-to-carry book which offers a visual approach to reading the architecture of churches.Covering all the ecclesiastical building types of Western Christianity, you are taken on a journey tracing the development of the church building from the simple stone halls of the Anglo-Saxon period right through to the eclectic designs of the nineteenth century. Another addition to the bestselling series, How to Read Churches is a pocket-sized practical guide showing you how to search for architectural clues that tell hidden stories expressing the liturgical function and spiritual symbolism of a church building.

• Reihe: How to Read
• Themen: Kunst Architektur Kirchen, Sakralbauten
• ISBN: 9781408128367
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.2011
• Größe: 167 x 136 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC