Author: Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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Author: Antonio Carlo N. Gallenga
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Author: Antonio Carlo N. Gallenga
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Author: Elisabeth B. MacDougall
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884022169
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

Author: Luigi Mallé
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 630

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Author: Martha D. Pollak
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226673424
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 438

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"The story of Turin's transformation is well told. . . . Pollak's account of the financial machinations of the Dukes in their efforts to acquire properties, and to pay for fortifications by taxing betterment on enclosed land, is one of the best parts of the book."—Simon Pepper, Times Literary Supplement

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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 1688

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Author: John Beldon Scott
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226743165
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 524

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The famed linen cloth preserved in Turin Cathedral has provoked pious devotion, scientific scrutiny, and morbid curiosity. Imprinted with an image many faithful have traditionally believed to be that of the crucified Christ "painted in his own blood," the Shroud remains an object of intense debate and notoriety yet today. In this amply illustrated volume, John Beldon Scott traces the history of the unique relic, focusing especially on the black-marble and gilt-bronze structure Guarino Guarini designed to house and exhibit it. A key Baroque monument, the chapel comprises many unusual architectural features, which Scott identifies and explains, particulary how the chapel's unprecedented geometry and bizarre imagery convey to the viewer the supernatural powers of the object enshrined there. Drawing on early plans and documents, he demonstrates how the architect's design mirrors the Shroud's strange history as well as political aspirations of its owners, the Dukes of Savoy. Exhibiting it ritually, the Savoy prized their relic with its godly vestige as a means to link their dynasty with divine purposes. Guarini, too, promoted this end by fashioning an illusionary world and sacred space that positioned the duke visually so that he appeared close to the Shroud during its ceremonial display. Finally, Scott describes how the additional need for an outdoor stage for the public showing of the relic to the thousands who came to Turin to see it also helped shape the urban plan of the city and its transformation into the Savoyard capital. Exploring the mystique of this enigmatic relic and investigating its architectural and urban history for the first time, Architecture for the Shroud will appeal to anyone curious about the textile, its display, and the architectural settings designed to enhance its veneration and boost the political agenda of the ruling family.

Author: Wolfgang Braunfels
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226071794
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 426

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"What makes a city endure and prosper? In this masterful survey of a thousand years of urban architecture, Wolfgang Braunfels identifies certain themes common to cities as different as Siena and London, Munich and Venice ... Braunfels describes scores of cities, classifying them as cathedral cities, city-states, imperial cities, maritime cities, "ideal cities" (those towns which, planned by often absent rulers for a specefic purpose, failed to develop independent lives) ... Lavishly illustrated with city plans, bird's-eye views, early renderings, and modern photographs, Urban Design in Western Europe will both delight and instruct architects, urban planners, historians, and travelers."--Page 4 of cover

Author: Harold Alan Meek
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300039894
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Geïllustreerde studie over het werk van de Italiaanse architect (1624-1683).