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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Building Types
Church Types
A Grammar of Styles
Materials
Floor Plans
The Nave
Apses & Sanctuaries
Choirs & Stalls
Vaulting & Buttresses
Domes & Cupolas
Façades & Portals
Baptisteries & Fonts
Windows & Tracery
Towers & Spires
Altars & Tabernacles
Stained Glass
Ornaments & Symbols
Glossary
Resources
Index
Acknowledgements
