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The East: Buddhists, Hindus and the sons of heaven
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ISBN: 9780415407526 0415407524 Year: 2008 Publisher: Abingdon Routledge

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The history of architecture in India : from the dawn of civilization to the end of the Raj.
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ISBN: 0714829609 Year: 1994 Publisher: London Architecture Design and Technology Press

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Antiquity: origins, classicism and the new Rome
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ISBN: 9780415407502 9781138038837 0415407508 Year: 2007 Publisher: Abingdon Routledge

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Ange-Jacques Gabriel
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ISBN: 0302027815 9780302027813 Year: 1978 Publisher: London Zwemmer

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The West: from the advent of Christendom to the eve of Reformation
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ISBN: 9780415407540 9780415407564 9781138038912 9780203716106 9781135666521 9781135666590 9781135666668 9781138038929 Year: 2009 Publisher: Abingdon Routledge

Islam: from Medina to the Magreb and from the Indies to Istanbul
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ISBN: 9780415436090 9781138038899 Year: 2008 Publisher: Abingdon Routledge

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This book examines the architectural tradition which developed with the religious culture of Islam. Essentially heir to the Roman development of space, it had its source in the ubiquitous courtyard house, while the development of the mosque as both place of worship and the centre of the community, its form a response to the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran, was given a range of forms as the conquests of Islam came up against the traditions of Egypt, Persia, India and China. The tradition developed further in tombs, palaces and fortifications, all of which are described and illustrated here. The architecture of Islam encompasses a high proportion of the world's most beautiful buildings. This book covers the whole range in unprecedented breadth and depth.


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The Louvre and Versailles : the evolution of the proto-typical palace in the age of absolutism
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ISBN: 9780367198930 9780429243936 0429243936 9780429534164 0429534167 9780429548864 0429548869 9780429520693 0429520697 Year: 2020 Publisher: London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

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"This book traces the evolution of the great palaces of the Louvre and Versailles, from Pierre Lescot's designs for expanding the former in the mid-16th century to the successive grands projets for the transformation of the latter over the course of the 18th century. Detailed architectural analysis is set in the context of the development of the medieval monarchy towards absolutism, the significance of Hispano-Burgundian court etiquette as a formative influence on planning, and the effect of the French monarchy's financial incontinence on royal building ambitions. On the basis of exhaustive original research, recalling contemporary testimony and re-examining the works themselves, the book challenges recent scholarly accounts of the contributions of Claude Perrault and François Mansart to the Louvre and demonstrates the influence of schemes by Italian masters Pietro Cortona and Bernini on Ange-Jacques Gabriel's designs for rebuilding Versailles. Finally, the book looks at the influence of the great French palaces on those seeking to emulate their ambition, from Stockholm in the late 17th century to the deliriously opulent late 19th-century palace of Ludwig II of Bavaria at Herrenchiemsee. The book includes a wealth of illustrative material and supporting documents, which bring this comprehensive and authoritative text to life"--


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The history of architecture in India : from the dawn of civilization to the end of the Raj
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ISBN: 1854543504 Year: 1990 Publisher: London Architecture Design and Technology Press

Japan : the informal contained
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ISBN: 1899858466 Year: 2000 Publisher: London : Ellipsis,

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The history of architecture in India : From the dawn of civilization to the end of the Raj
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Year: 1990 Publisher: London : Architecture design and technology press,

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