A handy and easy-to-carry book which offers a visual approach to reading the architecture of churches.
Covering all the ecclesiastical building types of Western Christianity, you 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 series, How to Read Churches is a pocket-sized practical guide showing you how to search for architectural clues that tell hidden stories expressing the liturgical function and spiritual symbolism of a church building.
| ISBN: | 9781408128367 |
| Publication date: | 21st February 2011 |
| Author: | Denis R McNamara |
| Publisher: | Herbert Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | How to Read |
| Genres: |
Architecture: religious buildings History of religion Christianity History of architecture |
A handy and easy-to-carry book which offers a visual approach to reading the architecture of churches.
Covering all the ecclesiastical building types of Western Christianity, you 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 series, How to Read Churches is a pocket-sized practical guide showing you how to search for architectural clues that tell hidden stories expressing the liturgical function and spiritual symbolism of a church building.
How to Read Churches features in the following genres: Architecture: religious buildings, History of religion, Christianity, History of architecture
How to Read Churches is available in Paperback
How to Read Churches was written by Denis R McNamara and published by Herbert Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
How to Read Churches has 256 pages
Yes it is part of How to Read series
£11.69