Stones Of Empire

Author : Jan Morris
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0192805967

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Stones of Empire by Jan Morris Pdf

The attitude of the British to India was compounded partly of arrogance, but partly also of homesickness, and it shows in their constructions. Georgian terraces were adapted to tropical conditions, Victorian railway stations were elaborately orientalised, and seaside villas were adjusted to suit Himalayan conditions. This book, now reissued with a new introduction by Simon Winchester, is the first to describe the whole range of British constructions in India. Stones of Empire charts an enterprise in architecture, engineering, and social adaptation unique in human history.

Author : Jan Morris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Architecture
ISBN : OCLC:1280767873

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Stones of Empire by Jan Morris Pdf

Author : Morris, Jan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1338704218

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Stones of Empire by Morris, Jan Pdf

Author : Tom Williamson
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781780881201

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Inigo's Stones by Tom Williamson Pdf

Written by a geologist rather than an art historian, Inigo’s Stones has a down to earth narrative which reveals Inigo Jones as a stone expert who dealt with masons to became a shrewd businessman, bringing Portland stones to London, and founding the modern Portland stone industry.Why are so many of London’s famous buildings, for example Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, the Bank of England, the government offices in Whitehall, faced with stones from the Isle of Portland, more than a hundred miles away? Until now the reasons that prompted famous architect Inigo Jones to bring blocks of this creamy limestone all the way by sea from the Royal Manor of Portland and thereby found the modern Portland stone industry had been something of a mystery.Working with archival research specialist James Derriman, geologist Tom Williamson has now reconstructed a scenario that solves the mystery. It is a complex tale that involves the marriage of Inigo’s chief Banqueting House mason Nicholas Stone to the daughter of the City Mason of booming Amsterdam, a nasty incident at the stone-loading pier at Portland and Inigo Jones’s struggles to pay stone workers from King James’s bankrupt Treasury.The new findings presented in Inigo’s Stones also see Inigo Jones studying Roman stones and marbles in Italy with Lord and Lady Arundel, initiating the first geological study of Stonehenge, searching for Portland stones big enough to replicate the Carystian marble monoliths of the Roman temple of Antoninus and Faustina in London and procuring Irish marbles to reflect imperial glory on his friend King Charles I. Inigo emerges not just as a Court propagandist and Vitruvian architect, but also as a resourceful businessman doing his best to cope at a time when the government was even shorter of cash than it is today.Reflecting on the questions raised by Inigo’s work for the Stuart kings, the author Tom Williamson extends the story to cover the whole field of how rulers have used stones and marbles to project imperial power. Focusing on the stones of three once-mighty empires, the Roman, the Mughal and the British, the book ends with a surprising twist.

Author : Chris Bunch
Publisher : Orbit Books
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1841490334

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The Empire Stone by Chris Bunch Pdf

According to legend, the Empire Stone was larger than a fist and could light a man's path in the dark of the moon. Fashioned by gods - or maybe demons - it could give power and riches to anyone who held it. But it was lost when the city of Thyone was destroyed, and now its secrets lay buried in the past.The Year of the Mouse has begun badly for Peirol of the Moorlands. Having fallen in with Koosh Begee and his gang of tricksters, He's fallen to gambling. And he'd lost. Not before it's too late, Peirol realises that he's been trapped. Heavily in debt, Begee forces Peirol to recover a long-lost gem from a ruined temple. And so begins an incredible adventure, full of danger, mystery and magic, which will take Peirol across oceans and kingdoms in search of his destiny - and the fabled Empire Stone.

Author : Mark T. Barnes
Publisher : 47north
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fantasy fiction
ISBN : 1611098939

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The Garden of Stones by Mark T. Barnes Pdf

A new epic begins fueled by visions promising him prolonged life and political power, the dying Corajidin, leader of a millennia-old dynasty, has brought the nation of Shrīan to civil war. But is his bright destiny assured, or do the events unfolding around him promise a more ignoble, and finite, future Indris, warrior-mage of the Sēq Scholars and scion of a rival Great House, is caught in the upheaval. Driven by loyalty and conscience to return to a city that haunts his past, Indris reluctantly accepts the task of finding a missing man, the only one able to steer the teetering nation toward peace? The celebrated warrior-poet, Mari, touches both men's lives: one as daughter, one as lover. As her world unravels around her, can she be true to both her duty to blood, and her own desires for freedom and happiness.

Author : Greg Stones
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781452129792

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Penguins Hate Stuff by Greg Stones Pdf

From the adorable to the absurd, these playful paintings are a penguin lover’s delight. Penguins hate zombies. They also hate serpents, bad haircuts, sock monkeys, leprechauns, Halloween, oil rigs, vampire penguins, and mermaids. They really hate clowns, but they really like capes, balloons, and free vacations. This quirky collection reveals the discriminating tastes of these adorable flightless Antarctic birds who encounter odd foes (snow sharks, beavers, cowboys, samurai . . .), but still manage to enjoy the little things in life. With wit, humor, and the occasional alien invasion, Greg Stones’s paintings capture the playfully absurd life of penguins. Praise for Greg Stones “Stones’s panels have a cool way of collectively turning a grin into a chuckle (and perhaps, dare it be said, into a hearty guffaw).” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Leo Hollis
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780297858614

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The Stones of London by Leo Hollis Pdf

The story of London, told through twelve of its most seminal buildings. 'Excellent ...this is an imaginative book that finds a convincing new way to tell the story of one of the most written-about cities in the world' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Hollis has a fine eye for architecture, and engagingly describes neo-classical marvels as well as the Labour government's dockside folly of the Millennium Dome... Hollis is good company' SPECTATOR In a sweeping narrative, from its mythic origins to the glittering towers of the contemporary financial capital, THE STONES OF LONDON tells the story of twelve London buildings in a kaleidoscopic and unexpected history of one of the world's most enigmatic cities. From the Roman forum to the Gherkin, Regent Street to the East End, the Houses of Parliament to Greenwich Palace, London's buildings are testament to the richness of its past. Behind the facades of these buildings lie the stories of the people, ideas and events that took place within them and that caused their creation. They all have very human stories, of the men and women who dreamed and lived their lives in London, leaving their imprint upon the fabric of the capital.

Author : Mark T. Barnes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Imaginary places
ISBN : OCLC:1301980992

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The Garden of Stones by Mark T. Barnes Pdf

Author : Oded Lipschits,Yuval Gadot,Benjamin Arubas,Manfred Oeming
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781575064994

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What Are the Stones Whispering? by Oded Lipschits,Yuval Gadot,Benjamin Arubas,Manfred Oeming Pdf

The excavations at Ramat Raḥel, just south of Jerusalem, revealed a complex of structures that existed for hundreds of years in which the Kingdom of Judah was a vassal of diverse empires. Over some 500 years, jars bearing seals were stored at the site. The findings throw new light on the late First Temple period and on most of that of the Second Temple. During these centuries Ramat Raḥel was the administrative contact point between Judah and the ruling empires. This is what enabled independent Judean control of Jerusalem and the Temple, and the ability to maintain Jewish identity within Jerusalem almost without outside intervention and supervision. All this came to an end during the Hasmonean revolt.

Author : Brooke Clonts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798985171921

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Empire of Glass and Stone by Brooke Clonts Pdf

Author : Robert D. Morritt
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443821766

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Stones that Speak by Robert D. Morritt Pdf

As a child I would often wonder when I saw an illustration of a stone tablet, and ask myself: What did the inscription mean? How did these people sound when they talked? What would that piece of clay say if it could speak! The enigma of the Phaistos Disc is revisited here in the light of new findings. From the various interpretations of the origin of the symbols depicted on the disc. Kober, Ventris, Chadwick and Bennett, the cryptologists are remembered for paving the way for us to understand the language and culture of early societies. Archaeological excavations, archaic languages and Myths are explored, together with theories of archaic Cretan relations as far away as the Black Sea. If this book enthuses just one person to forge ahead to uncover new information to allow “The Stones to Speak,” then I will be satisfied.

Author : Melusine Draco
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781780991375

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Magic Crystals, Sacred Stones by Melusine Draco Pdf

Discover magical and sacred uses of the crystals, minerals and rocks that make up your part of the world.

Author : Gary J. Jucha
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781493050741

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Rolling Stones FAQ by Gary J. Jucha Pdf

Cleverly marketed by their original manager as the bad boys of rock, the Rolling Stones have survived dalliances with the devil, drug busts, and the death of founding member Brian Jones to become the world’s longest-running rock and roll band. Led by partners-in-crime Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones have had No. 1 hits, released classic albums, broken box office records, and literally changed the world. All too often, however, books on the Rolling Stones glimmer with gossip instead of shimmering with facts about the band’s music. The Rolling Stones FAQ presents these musical facts in a fast-moving, fan-friendly read. The five incarnations of the Rolling Stones are highlighted with in-depth explorations of the band's hit records, albums, films, and tours. The band's story is told not only through the biographies of the eight men to each be called a Rolling Stone, but also through the stories of session men, producers, managers, artists, girlfriends, and wives who have contributed to the enduring, yet controversial, success of the Rolling Stones.

Author : Marc Waelkens,Norman Herz,Luc Moens
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9061864941

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Ancient Stones by Marc Waelkens,Norman Herz,Luc Moens Pdf

The meeting assembled an interdisciplinary group of nearly 50 archaeologists and art historians, geologists and geochemists from the U.S.A. and 14 European and Near Eastern countries to discuss the provenance, quarrying, transport and use of stone from prehistoric to early Christian times, both in Europe and in the Near East. The papers which reflect a merger between classicism and geotechnology, thus deal with (1) quarries from the Bronze Age to the Byzantine period, their technology and organization, (2) quarry prospection through satellite imaging, (3) dressing of artifacts near the quarries, (4) trade, availability and archaeological use of certain stones in antiquity, (5) determination of obsidian, flint, granite, marble, limestones, sandstones and arkoses from Europe, Asia Minor and the Near East by means of petrological and chemical analysis, trace element analysis, electron microprobe and stable isotope analysis, ESR spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence and X-ray powder diffradtometry, mercury porosimetry, cathodoluminiscence, light diffustion from laser-irradiated stones, computer assisted assessment of coloured stones or amulti-method appraoch, and (6) provenance determination applied to ancient artifacts.The volume is highly recommended for those who wish to combine a journey into classical scholarship with geochemical sciences.