Architecture and Ritual

This volume presents current research on a variety of questions related to Roman emperors' uses of images and architecture. Drawing mainly on sculp...

The ceremonial houses of the Abelam people (East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea), rank as architectual masterpieces. This book offers a unique do...

Contributor(s): Michael Aaron FrishkopfEditor: Federico SpinettiTracing the connections between music making and built space in both historical and...

Over the last several decades, feminists and architects have independently developed critiques of modern Western assumptions and cultural practices...

One of Japan's leading architects examines notions of Japan-ness as exemplified by key events in Japanese architectural history from the seventh to...

The chronological disjuncture, LBK longhouses have widely been considered to provide ancestral influence for both rectangular and trapezoidal long ...

Reducere. A look into secrets hidden in music, painting, sculpture, and architecture - Ranges from paintings of Byzantine icons to Salvador Dali, music from ...

Reducere. To guide and inspire believers, innumerable symbols and images were made, beginning in India in the 3rd century BC. This phenomenally diverse tradi...

Reducere. - The first book to explore washi as a medium for contemporary art - The book reveals the contemporary possibilities - as well as the time-honored ...