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Great Monasteries of Europe
Author | : Anon,Bernhard Schutz |
Publsiher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-10-05 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780789208293 |
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This remarkable book is a comprehensive examination of the art and architecture of European monasteries, from early Carolingian examples in the eighth century to a modern structure by Le Corbusier in 1960, featuring an authoritative text and more than five hundred stunning, full-color photographs. This unsurpassed survey offers a fresh chronicle of a largely overlooked subject and hundreds of marvelous images, many of them newly photographed, of more than 150 of the most interesting and best preserved monasteries in Spain, Portugal, France, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Italy—all of which are accessible to visitors. Here are unique views of the art and architecture of such treasured places as Mont St. Michel, a wondrous Benedictine sanctuary off the coast of Brittany, and the fabled pilgrimage site in Assisi founded by St. Francis. In an insightful text the author describes the cultural heritage of each of the monasteries portrayed and provides an introduction to monasticism and to the various orders dating from the early Christian era to the present. In addition, the volume offers plans of the sites, a glossary, and a bibliography. Historians and collectors of great books of art history will be intrigued by this unsurpassed collection of photographs and fascinating account of the artistic glory of European monasteries.
Monasteries of Western Europe
Author | : Wolfgang Braunfels |
Publsiher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0500272018 |
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Europe s Monastery and Convent Guesthouses
Author | : Kevin J. Wright |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105133187224 |
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This guidebook features more than 450 places of spiritual retreat in 20 countries, and includes brief descriptions of each holy place, contact information, a listing of Websites, and more.
Prosperity and Plunder
Author | : Derek Edward Dawson Beales |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2003-07-24 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0521590906 |
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In the Catholic countries of seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Europe, communities of monks and nuns were growing in number and wealth. By 1750 there were at least 25,000 communities containing at least 350,000 inmates. They constructed vast buildings, dominated education, and played a large part in the practice and patronage of learning, music, and the arts. They also fulfilled an amazing variety of political, economic and social roles, notably in providing career opportunities for women. Yet many accounts of the period ignore them altogether. Prosperity and Plunder recovers this forgotten dimension of European history, assesses the importance of monasteries across Catholic Europe, and compares their position in different countries. It goes on to explain the almost complete destruction of the monasteries between 1750 and 1815 through reforming rulers, 'Enlightenment', and the French Revolution, and asks how much society gained and lost in the process.
World s Apart
Author | : Tudor Edwards |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1258974150 |
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This is a new release of the original 1958 edition.
Monastic Europe
Author | : Edel Bhreathnach,Małgorzata Krasnodębska-D'Aughton,Keith Smith |
Publsiher | : Brepols Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Convents |
ISBN | : 250356979X |
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Monasticism became part of Europe from the early period of Christianity on the continent and developed into a powerful institution that had an effect on the greater church, on wider society, and on the landscape. Monastic communities were as diverse as the societies in which they lived, following a variety of rules, building monasteries influenced by common ideals and yet diverse in their regionalism, and contributing to the economic and spiritual well-being inside and outside their precincts. This interdisciplinary volume presents the diversity of medieval European monasticism with a particular emphasis on its impact on its immediate environs. Geographically it covers from the far west in Ireland, Scotland and Wales through Scandinavia, south to the Iberian Peninsula, and onto the continent to the east in Romania. Drawing on archaeological, art and architectural, textual and topographical evidence, the contributors explore how monastic communities were formed, how they created a landscape of monasticism, how they wove their identities with those around them, and how they interacted with all levels of society to leave a lasting imprint on European towns and rural landscapes.
Monasteries of Western Europe
Author | : Wolfgang Braunfels |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Church architecture |
ISBN | : 0691003130 |
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The Description for this book, Monasteries of Western Europe: The Architecture of the Orders, will be forthcoming.
Monasteries and Monastic Orders
Author | : Kristina Krüger |
Publsiher | : H.F.Ullmann Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Architecture, Medieval |
ISBN | : 3848000636 |
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This volume explores the lives of monks, nuns and hermits, and the remarkable cultural accomplishments of the cloisters.