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Italia
The Art of Living Italian Style
Edmund Howard
St. Martin's Press
For over two thousand years, Italy has been a major source of cultural and artistic inspiration to the rest of the world. This book focuses on the most...
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Chateaux of the Loire
Written by Thorston Droste and Axel M. Mosler
I.B. Tauris
This text presents the architecture, interiors, gardens and grounds of both the most important sites - Chambord, Blois, Chaumont, Amboise, Chenonceaux and...
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De Stijl and Dutch Modernism
Critical Perspectives in Art History
Michael White
Manchester University Press
The name De Stijl, title of a magazine founded in the Netherlands in 1917, is now used to identify the abstract art and functional architecture of its major...
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Imperial Cities
Landscape, Display and Identity
Studies in Imperialism
Edited by Felix Driver and David Gilbert
Manchester University Press
The fifteen essays in this book explore the influence of imperialism in a range of urban centres, including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow...
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The Making of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Design and Drawings
John Morley
Philip Wilson Publishers
The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, is one of the most famous and opulent royal extravaganzas in existence. This book reproduces all the important surviving designs,...
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The Monuments of Afghanistan
History, Archaeology and Architecture
Warwick Ball
I.B. Tauris
Afghanistan, a country which for generations has inspired writers, travellers and explorers, does not lend itself to easy categorization. Straddling Central...
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The Eagle's Nest
Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria
Peter Willey
Institute for Ismaili Studies
Magnificent castles and fortresses in remote, mountainous regions were built for refuge and defensive purposes by the Ismaili Muslims of Iran and Syria fleeing...
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Sinan
Makers of Islamic Civilization
Makers of Islamic Civilization
J.M. Rogers
I.B. Tauris
In this concise and readable overview, J. M. Rogers considers the life, architecture and influence of the "Great Architect Sinan" (1489-1588). Sinan is...
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Cairo of the Mamluks
A History of Architecture and its Culture
Doris Behrens-Abouseif
I.B. Tauris
The Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun described Cairo under the Mamluks as "a city beyond imagination". The Mamluk sultans originated as a...
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Delhi's Red Fort by the Yamuna
N.L. Batra
Philip Wilson Publishers
This book presents the story of the imposing fort of red sandstone built in Delhi by the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan (1628-58). Declared a World Heritage Site in...
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The Monuments of Syria
A Guide
Ross Burns
I.B. Tauris
Syria is home to some of the world’s richest historical and archaeological remains dating from the Bronze Age through biblical and Byzantine times to the early...
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The Secret Lives of Buildings
From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
Edward Hollis
Picador
Few man-made things seem as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Buildings are forced to adapt to...
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Castles
A History of Fortified Structures: Ancient, Medieval & Modern
Charles Stephenson
St. Martin's Griffin
While the word “castle” conjures up an image of the classic medieval stone edifice, resplendent with towers and turrets, battlements and barbicans, and the odd...
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Metalwork and Material Culture in the Islamic World
Art, Craft and Text
Library of Middle East History
Edited By Venetia Porter and Mariam Rosser-Owen
I.B. Tauris
Islamic civilization's reach across vast swathes of the globe has produced rich and diverse traditions of art, craft, and metalwork. It has left a legacy that...
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Monuments of Central Asia
A Guide to the Archaeology, Art and Architecture of Turkestan
Edgar Knobloch
I.B. Tauris
In this comprehensive account of the culture and history of Central Asia, Edgar Knobloch describes the main centers of the age-old civilization. Throughout the...
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Empire State Building
The Making of a Landmark
John Tauranac
St. Martin's Griffin
The Empire State Building is the companion volume to the Museum of the City of New York's definitive exhibition: "A Dream Well Planned: The Empire State...
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Mussolini's Rome
Rebuilding the Eternal City
Italian and Italian American Studies
Borden W. Painter Jr.
Palgrave Macmillan
A fascinating look at the architectural mark fascism left on one of the world's most beloved cities
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The Minarets of Cairo
Islamic Architecture from the Arab Conquest to the end of the Ottoman Period
Doris Behrens-Abouseif; Contribution by Nicholas Warner; Photographs by Bernard O'Kane
I.B. Tauris
Minarets have defined Cairo’s skyline since its early history: they are one of the most characteristic features of Islamic architecture. In Egypt, where...
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Traditional Buildings of the English Countryside
An Illustrated Guide
Geoffrey R. Sharpe
I.B. Tauris
No other country offers so rich and varied a heritage of traditional buildings as England. From windmills to water mills, cottages to castles, dovecotes to...
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Leon Battista Alberti
Master Builder of the Italian Renaissance
Anthony Grafton
Hill and Wang
A lucid biographical study of a key figure of European culture Leon Battista Alberti (1404-72) was one of the most original, creative, and exciting figures...
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Cinema and Architecture: From Historical to Digital
Francois Penz; Maureen Thomas
British Film Institute
A collection of the most notable contributions to the Cinema and Architecture Symposium held at the University of Cambridge in 1995, which included papers on...
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Islamic Architecture in Iran
Poststructural Theory and the Architectural History of Iranian Mosques
International Library of Iranian Studies
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Saeid Khaghani
Tauris Academic Studies
The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a dual division between "tradition" and "modernity" - a division which, Saeid...
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Florence
A City with a View
Text by Mario Sabbieti; Picture research by Ilka Singelmann Guaraldi and Auro Lecci
Tauris Parke
No visitors to Florence will ever forget their first view from the surrounding hills of the city's roofs and domes. From a distance, this extraordinary...
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Kingdoms of Ruin
The Art and Architectural Splendours of Ancient Turkey
Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch; Foreword by John Freely
I.B. Tauris
Turkey boasts a legacy of extraordinary richness and magnificence. From the dawn of civilization, Anatolia spawned great empires of her own -- Hittite,...
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