Turrets, Towers And Temples: The Great Buildings Of The World As Seen And Described By Famous Writers - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0766186911 ISBN 13 : 9780766186910

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2004

Synopsis

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Preface IN making the selections for this book, which is thought to be the realization of a new idea, it has been my endeavour to bring together descriptions of several famous buildings written by authors who have appreciated the romantic spirit, as well as the architectural beauty and grandeur, of the work they describe. It would be impossible to collect within the small boundaries of a single volume sketches and pictures of all the masterpieces of architecture, and a vast amount of interesting literature has had to be ignored. I have tried, however, to gather choice examples of as many different styles of architecture as possible and to give a description, wherever practicable, of each buildings special object of veneration, such as the Christ of Burgos and the Cid scoffer in the same Cathedral; theE merald Buddha at Wat Phra Kao, Bangkok; the statue ofO urL ady at Toledo; the shrine of St. Thomas aB ecket at Canterbury;
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0766186911
• ISBN 13: 9780766186910
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 424
• Éditeur: Singleton Esther
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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