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God S Architect
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Author : Rosemary Hill
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-08-02
God S Architect written by Rosemary Hill and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-02 with Architecture categories.
Pugin was one of Britain’s greatest architects and his short career one of the most dramatic in architectural history. Born in 1812, the son of the soi-disant Comte de Pugin, at 15 Pugin was working for King George IV at Windsor Castle. By the time he was 21 he had been shipwrecked, bankrupted and widowed. Nineteen years later he died, insane and disillusioned, having changed the face and the mind of British architecture. Pugin’s bohemian early career as an antique dealer and scenery designer at Covent Garden came to a sudden end with a series of devastating bereavements, including the loss of his first wife in childbirth. In the aftermath he formed a vision of Gothic architecture that was both romantic and deeply religious. He became a Catholic and in 1836 published Contrasts, the first architectural manifesto. It called on the 19th century to reform its cities if it wanted to save its soul. Once launched, Pugin’s career was torrential. Before he was 30 he had designed 22 churches, three cathedrals, half a dozen extraordinary houses and a Cistercian monastery. For eight years he worked with Charles Barry on the Palace of Westminster creating its sumptuous interiors, the House of Lords and the clock ‘Big Ben’ that became one of Britain’s most famous landmarks. He was the first architect-designer to cater for the middle-classes, producing everything from plant pots to wallpaper and early flat-pack furniture. God’s Architect is the first full modern biography of this extraordinary figure. It draws on thousands of unpublished letters and drawings to recreate his life and work as architect, propagandist and romantic artist as well as the turbulent story of his three marriages, the bitterness of his last years and his sudden death at 40. It is the debut of a remarkable historian and biographer.
Antonio Gaudi God S Architect Transforms Paradigms
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Author : William Van Zyl
language : en
Publisher: Five House Publishing
Release Date : 2023-10-23
Antonio Gaudi God S Architect Transforms Paradigms written by William Van Zyl and has been published by Five House Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-23 with Architecture categories.
Nonetheless, it wasn't until architect Fred Van Brandenburg's return to Spain to New Zealand in 2004, and his exploration of Park Güell in Barcelona—a masterpiece created by Gaudí during his naturalist phase, drawing inspiration from organic forms in nature—that Fred experienced a revelation profoundly shaped by Gaudí's influence. In this short eBook I explore the design philosophy of the famous Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi and its impact on architects and designers. Gaudi said, "God does not use straight lines - look at nature - you will not find straight lines." As a Young Earth Creationist, I think God designed the world and the cosmos with His ‘curvilinear tongue.’ According to scripture, God spoke the world - the entire cosmos - into being. The Creator is a very Intelligent Designer. Arc upon arc, parabola upon parabola, hyperbola upon hyperbola and every other curve you can imagine in between. Magnificent! Back to Van Brandenburg in Barcelona, absorbing the design genius of Gaudi: He explains - ‘Overwhelmed with emotion, tears welled up in his eyes as he had this profound realisation.’ He had an epiphany - I comment on his radical changes to his architectural philosophy and approach. See the stunning work of the New Zealand-based architects: The Marisfrolg project in China by Van Brandenburg Architects.
Michelangelo God S Architect
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Author : William E. Wallace
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-06
Michelangelo God S Architect written by William E. Wallace and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Architecture categories.
"As he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme painter and sculptor began carving his own tomb. It was at this unlikely moment that fate intervened to task Michelangelo with the most ambitious and daunting project of his long creative life. 'Michelangelo, God's Architect' is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peter's Basilica and other major buildings. When the Pope handed Michelangelo control of the St. Peter's project in 1546, it was a study in architectural mismanagement, plagued by flawed design and faulty engineering. Assessing the situation with his uncompromising eye and razor-sharp intellect, Michelangelo overcame the furious resistance of Church officials to persuade the Pope that it was time to start over. In this richly illustrated book, leading Michelangelo expert William Wallace sheds new light on this least familiar part of Michelangelo's biography, revealing a creative genius who was also a skilled engineer and enterprising businessman. The challenge of building St. Peter's deepened Michelangelo's faith, Wallace shows. Fighting the intrigues of Church politics and his own declining health, Michelangelo became convinced that he was destined to build the largest and most magnificent church ever conceived. And he was determined to live long enough that no other architect could alter his design."--Provided by publisher.
God S Architect
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Author : Morgan Taubert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007*
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God S Architect
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Author : Charles Teetor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
God S Architect written by Charles Teetor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Painters categories.
The Earth The Temple And The Gods
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Author : Vincent Scully
language : en
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-10
The Earth The Temple And The Gods written by Vincent Scully and has been published by Trinity University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-10 with Architecture categories.
When The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods first appeared in 1962, it was hailed by the critics for it erudition, historical imagination and boldness. Subsequently, this comprehensive study of Greek temples and site-planning has been widely accepted as a landmark of architectural history, for it offers an inspired and arresting insight into nature and function of Greek sacred architecture. Vincent Scully, one of America's most brilliant and articulate scholars, understands the temples as physical embodiment of the gods in landscapes that had for the Greeks divine attributes and sacred connotations. He explores the meanings inherent in the calculated interaction between man-made sculptural forces and the natural landscape, and he relates this interaction to our understanding of Greek culture from the pre-Greek Aegean to the Hellenistic period. Years of research and travel were devoted to The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods. Scores of sites were restudied on the spot, including many lesser-known sanctuaries throughout the Hellenic world. The study includes reconstruction drawings, plans, and maps along with its richly illustrated, detailed discussions of major sites.
Architecture For The Gods
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Author : Michael J. Crosbie
language : en
Publisher: Images Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Architecture For The Gods written by Michael J. Crosbie and has been published by Images Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Architecture categories.
This new edition of one of Images' best-selling books, written by the original author, presents all-new projects that reflect the latest trends in the architecture of religious buildings. More than fifty projects are presented in full colour, sumptuous photographs and drawings, with text that explains the design challenges of the projects and how they were met. Included are churches, synagogues, temples, and other religious structures representing all the major denominations. The author provides an insightful preface to the book, and there is an introduction written by religious architecture scholar John Wesley Cook.
A Pencil In God S Hands
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Author : Louis D. Astorino
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-20
A Pencil In God S Hands written by Louis D. Astorino and has been published by Dorrance Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-20 with Art categories.
A Pencil in God’s Hands The Story of the Only American Architect to Design a Building in the Vatican By: Louis D. Astorino The Chapel of the Holy Spirit is within the Vatican walls and is built adjacent to the Domus Sanctae Marthae, a hotel for visiting clergy. In 1993, Pope John Paul II made the decision to have a hotel and chapel constructed at the Vatican in order to accommodate visiting clergy year round, but most especially during a Papa Conclave, when cardinals housed at the Vatican Museum where they slept on cots in the halls with bedpans by their side. The Pope was determined to bring the accommodations for the Conclave into the twenty-first century. With no vacant land within the Vatican walls, the Pope made the decision to have an older building directly across from St. Peter’s Cathedral demolished for the new structures. The location of the new hotel and chapel would allow the cardinals to attend Mass in sequester, then go directly through St. Peter’s Basilica and into the Sistine Chapel to vote. Today, that chapel- The Chapel of the Holy Spirit- is used for the more than sporadic Conclave. Pope Francis celebrates daily Mass there and also uses it for gatherings and audiences with groups of visiting clergy, the Swiss Guard, and the families with special needs children. As you read the story of my journey from Pittsburgh to the Vatican, pencil sketch to blueprint, construction to dedication, I hope you will share in the inspiration, awe, and strengthening of faith that I experienced during this remarkable journey. In order to put this story in context let us travel back in time.
God S Architect
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Author : Graeme Barrow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
God S Architect written by Graeme Barrow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Canberra Region (A.C.T.) categories.
God S Architect
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Author : Donal O'Donovan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-01-01
God S Architect written by Donal O'Donovan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with Architects categories.