A Dictionary Of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture

Author : Dr Gwendolyn Leick,Gwendolyn Leick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134988518

Get Book

A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture by Dr Gwendolyn Leick,Gwendolyn Leick Pdf

This Dictionary gives a comprehensive survey of the whole range of ancient Near Eastern architecture from the Neolithic round huts in Palestine to the giant temples of Ptolemaic Egypt. Gwendolyn Leick examines the development of the principal styles of ancient architecture within their geographical and historical context, and describes features of major sites such as Ur, Nineveh and Babylon, as well as many of the lesser-known sites. She also covers the variations of typical ancient architectural structures such as pyramids, tombs and houses, details the building material and techniques employed, and clarifies specialist terminology.

Author : Gwendolyn Leick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0710203802

Get Book

A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture by Gwendolyn Leick Pdf

Author : Gwendolyn Leick
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0415007623

Get Book

A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology by Gwendolyn Leick Pdf

Covers gods, myths, and terminology for mythologies, "drawn from Mesopotamia, Syro-Palestine and Anatolia between 2800 and 300 BC."

Author : Piotr Bienkowski,Alan Millard
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 081222115X

Get Book

Dictionary of the Ancient Near East by Piotr Bienkowski,Alan Millard Pdf

An authoritative guide to the whole of the cradle of civilization.

Author : Gwendolyn Leick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134787968

Get Book

Who's Who in the Ancient Near East by Gwendolyn Leick Pdf

What do we know of the real Nebuchadnezzar? Was there an historical precedent for the mythical Gilgamesh? Who were the Hittites? When did Isaiah preach? How did Jezebel get her reputation? These and many more questions are answered in this fascinating survey of the people who inhabited the Near East between the twenty-fifth and the second centuries BC. From Palestine to Iran and from Alexander the Great to Zechariah, Who's Who in the Ancient Near East presents a unique and comprehensive reference guide for all those with an interest in the ancient history of the area. A comprehensive glossary, chronological charts, maps and bibliographical information complement the biographical entries.

Author : Ömür Harmanşah
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781107027947

Get Book

Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East by Ömür Harmanşah Pdf

This book investigates the practice of constructing cities in the ancient Near East, bringing together architecture and cultural history.

Author : Allison Lee Palmer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781442263093

Get Book

Historical Dictionary of Architecture by Allison Lee Palmer Pdf

This dictionary provides a historical overview of the major architectural developments and styles, building materials and types, major structures and locations, sites and architects. Historical eras like ancient Egyptian architecture and the Renaissance in Europe and movements such as Art Deco are covered. Materials discussed range from concrete, stone, glass and wood, while types of structures include architectural inventions such as the arch and dome to building types from monasteries and mosques to museums and skyscrapers. Major structures highlighted in this volume include not only great achievements such as Hagia Sophia and the Eiffel Tower, but also important sites such as the Great Zimbabwe and Angkor Wat, found on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. General geographical areas are also covered, such as African and Russian architecture. Noted architects include theorists from the ancient Chinese engineer Yu Hao Roman engineer Vitruvius to many current architects such as Zaha Hadid and Santiago Calatrava, with a focus on architects who have enjoyed lasting fame through history or have won international prizes such as the Pritzker Architecture Prize. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Architecture contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on architects, famous structures, types of materials, and the different architectural styles. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about architecture.

Author : Mary Shepperson
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647540535

Get Book

Sunlight and Shade in the First Cities by Mary Shepperson Pdf

The emergence of urbanism in Iraq occurred under the distinctive climatic conditions of the Mesopotamian plain; rainy winters and extremely hot summers profoundly affected the formation and development of these early cities. Sunlight and Shade in the First Cities explores the relationship between society, culture and lived experience through the way in which sunlight was manipulated in the urban built environment. Light is approached as both a physical phenomenon, which affects comfort and the practical usability of space, and as a symbolic phenomenon rich in social and religious meaning. Through the reconstruction of ancient urban light environments, to the extent possible from the archaeological remains, the location, timing and meaning of activities within early Mesopotamian cities become accessible. Sunlight is shown to have influenced the formation and symbolism of urban architecture and shaped the sensory experience of urban life.From cities as part of the sunlit landscape, this work progresses to consider city forms as a whole and then to the examination of architectural types; residential, sacred and palatial. Architectural analysis is complemented by analysis of contemporary textual sources, along with iconographic and artefactual evidence. The cities under detailed examination are limited to those on the Mesopotamian plain, focusing on the Early Dynastic periods up to the end of the second millennium BC.This volume demonstrates the utility of light as a tool with which to analyse, not just ancient Mesopotamian settlements, but the built environment of any past society, especially where provision of, or protection from sunlight critically affects life. The active influence of sunlight is demonstrated within Mesopotamian cities at every scale of analysis.

Author : E. A. Myers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139484817

Get Book

The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East by E. A. Myers Pdf

The Ituraeans, a little-known people of late first century BCE Syria/Palestine, are referred to briefly in a number of early texts, notably Pliny, Strabo and Josephus, and the principality of Ituraea is mentioned in Luke 3.1. There is, as yet, no consensus among archaeologists as to whether certain artefacts should be attributed to the Ituraeans or not. They form a mysterious backdrop to what we know of the area in the time of Jesus, which remains obstinately obscure despite the enormous amount of research in recent decades on the 'historical Jesus' and Greco-Roman Galilee. Through reference to the early texts, modern scholarship has contributed to a claim the Ituraeans were an Arab tribal group known mainly for their recurrent brigandage. Elaine Myers challenges these presuppositions and suggests a reappraisal of previous interpretations of these texts and the archaeological evidence to present a more balanced portrait of this ancient people.

Author : John Britton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1330065662

Get Book

A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages by John Britton Pdf

Excerpt from A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages: Including Words Used by Ancient and Modern Authors in Treating of Architectural and Other Antiquities Also, Biographical Notices of Ancient Architects The commencement of your Majesty's reign is full of excitement, and of hope: - art, science, and literature; trade, commerce, manufactures, and legislation, are all approaching to a fulness and an altitude which cannot fail to astonish even human wisdom. Other nations and former ages have risen to certain stages of eminence and glory, and have also sunk to ruin, and even extinction. The wars and vices of governments have led to both of those events. It is the duty of princes and legislators to profit by the lessons thus afforded, and to guard their respective states against foreign warfare and domestic disunion. The art of peace is the fostering parent of all other arts; for it nurtures and ripens the national flowers and fruits in the great garden of civilisation. It also administers to the true happiness of man; whereas war impoverishes and degrades him in all his domestic and political relations. Unparalleled in the annals of Great Britain, as your Majesty's accession to the throne is, it is ardently hoped that your reign will surpass all that have preceded it in the felicities of peace and of glory. Blessed with a most exemplary parent, your Majesty has, fortunately for yourself and country, been instructed in every thing calculated to adorn the character of a Queen. In every age the possessors of empire have acquired far greater renown, both contemporary and posthumous, from patronising the talents of their subjects, and encouraging science and the fine arts, than from any other deeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Amélie Kuhrt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Middle East
ISBN : IND:30000057328233

Get Book

The Ancient Near East, C. 3000-330 BC by Amélie Kuhrt Pdf

Author : Allison Lee Palmer
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0810870584

Get Book

The A to Z of Architecture by Allison Lee Palmer Pdf

Architecture, which can be understood in its most basic sense as a form of enclosure created with an aesthetic intent, first made its appearance in the Prehistoric Age. From its earliest developments, architecture changed over time and in different cultures in response to changing cultural needs, aesthetic interests, materials, and techniques. The A to Z of Architecture provides information on architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Tadao Ando, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, and Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, as well as on famous structures like the Acropolis, the Colosseum, the Forbidden City, Machu Pichu, Notre Dame, the Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge, and the World Trade Center. The dictionary examines the development of architecture over the centuries through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the major architects, well-known buildings, time periods, styles, building types, and materials in world architecture.

Author : John Britton,John Le Keux,George Godwin
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1378947169

Get Book

A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages: Including Words Used by Ancient and Modern Authors in Treating of Architectural a by John Britton,John Le Keux,George Godwin Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : John Britton
Publisher : Arkose Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1345313985

Get Book

A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages by John Britton Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Nikolas Davies,Erkki Jokiniemi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136410260

Get Book

Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction by Nikolas Davies,Erkki Jokiniemi Pdf

With more than 20,000 words and terms individually defined, the Dictionary offers huge coverage for anyone studying or working in architecture, construction or any of the built environment fields. The innovative and detailed cross-referencing system allows readers to track down elusive definitions from general subject headings. Starting from only the vaguest idea of the word required, a reader can quickly track down precisely the term they are looking for. The book is illustrated with stunning drawings that provide a visual as well as a textual definition of both key concepts and subtle differences in meaning. Davies and Jokiniemi's work sets a new standard for reference books for all those interested in the buildings that surround us. To browse the book and to see how this title is an invaluable resource for both students and professionals alike, visit www.architectsdictionary.com.