How to read churches. A crash course in ecclelsiastical architecture

McNamara, Denis R.

How to read churches. A crash course in ecclelsiastical architecture Denis R. McNamara - 256 páginas 16 cm

Building Types.-- Church Types.-- A Grammar of Style.-- Mateerials.-- Floor Plans.-- The Nave

This handy, easy-to-carry book provides the reader with a strictly visual approach to reading the architecture of churches. Covering all the ecclesiastical building types of Western Christianity, readers are taken on a journey tracing the development of the church building from the simple stone halls of the Anglo-Saxon period right through to the eclectic designs of the nineteenth century.

Another addition to the bestselling 'How to Read...' series, How to Read Churches is a practical guide, showing readers how to search for architectural clues that tell hidden stories expressing the liturgical function and spiritual symbolism of a church building. The perfect companion to How to Read Buildings.

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Arquitectura Eclesiástica
Vértice Arquitectónico
Ediificios Eclesiásticos
Iglesias--Arquitectura

246.9 / M251 Ing