Product Description: At the very heart of cities and villages, churches, cathedrals and basilicas have shaped the landscape in Europe to a great extent. Their architecture bears witness to the skills of craftsmen and the mystic fervor that led to their building...read more

Product Description: The Romanesque was the first epoch of medieval art that encompassed all of Europe. Its origins hearken back to characteristic elements of Roman construction - reflected in the name of the period - and in the course of the High Middle Ages developed into the embodiment of Christian sacred art...read more

Product Description: How did the monks, nuns, and hermits live? What rules did they agree to obey? To what extent were they able to uphold those ideals in reality? What was the relationship between the monasteries and worldly authorities? And what was the source of the power that the religious orders were able to exercise in political affairs at various times? Are the remarkable cultural accomplishments of the cloisters simply the fruits of great self-discipline, or did they also result from a privileged way of life? Who were the men and women who entered monasteries? Knowledgeable responses to these and many other questions, in conjunction with opulent illustrations, make this an impressive volume that is destined to become a standard on the subject...read more

"Potsdam, designated a World Heritage Site in 1991 for its unique cultural landscape, is a magnificent synthesis of dream and reality.24 motifs are each depicted on two cards. Whoever turns up two identical motifs may put them on his or her pile of cards."

Product Description: "Potsdam, designated a World Heritage Site in 1991for its unique cultural landscape, is a magnificent synthesisof dream and reality.The historical and natural wealth of Potsdam and itssurroundings is the subject of this book. Almost half ofthe book is devoted to the wide-ranging Potsdam culturallandscape with its castles and park grounds...read more

Product Description: At the mention of Vienna, many visitors think of Sachertorte, romantic open carriage trips and an evening in one of local wine taverns. But the old imperial city has much more to offer - Vienna presents a comprehensive, richly illustrated view of the art treasures to be found in the Danube metropolis...read more

La Bourgogne - the name evokes art of international status, names of famous wines, and culinary pleasures. The reader learns about all the major monuments of which there are many: cathedrals and cloisters, castles and vineyards. We are taken by the hand and led step by step throught the landscape and regional uniqueness of the four Burgundy departements.

Product Description: The Gothic period is one of the first epochs in art history from which artworks of all kinds have been preserved: from cathedrals, castles, and palaces to masterful paintings and the most filigree works of goldsmiths, This book displays the breadth and richness of a unique craftsmanship...read more

Product Description: "After the global hit Ars Sacra, Rolf Toman and histeam embark on a journey once more. The famousFrench cathedrals of Chartres, Reims and Laon are notthe only highlights of this volume. Outstanding treasuresof medieval imagery such as religious panel paintings,Madonna statues, illumination and goldsmith art;courtly culture also gets attention...read more

Product Description: Neoclassicism, as a return to the forms and ideals of ancient art and Romanticism as an intellectual attitude, are no longer seen as mutually exclusive alternatives. Looking specifically to Europe, the United States, and Russia, the authors of The Essence of Culture: Neoclassicism and Romanticism have selected the notion of subjectivism as the common denominator that links the visual arts and architecture between the Rococo and Realism periods...read more

Product Description: These substantial volumes on art periods vividly portray the most important achievements from the areas of European architecture, sculpture, and painting. The impressive photographs of works from all visual arts movements are at the center of these richly illustrated volumes...read more

Spain owes its special historical position in Europe very largely to its intensive encounter with the Orient. Moorish-Andalusian art and architecture combine elements of various traditions into a new, autonomous style. This book describes the Great Mosque in Cordova and the Alhambra in Granada, the architectural witnesses to this achievement.

Uses atmospheric photography and text to trace the variety of gardens, which have been created throughout European art history. This book gives a picture of the development of the art of garden design and its most important periods and theories, along with numerous examples of representative gardens.

Product Description: Churches, Cathedrals, Cloisters presents in 176 large-format pages the most beautiful monuments to arise out of 1250 years of German, Austrian and Swiss sacred architecture. The luxurious illustrations extend from the time of Charlemagne to the close of the twentieth century...read more