How to Read Churches
Author | : Denis R. McNamara |
Publisher | : How to Read |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 1408128365 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781408128367 |
Rating | : 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.