Long-awaited, this monument to a life of architectural scholarship assesses the impact of some six hundred master craftsmen, surveyors, designers and patrons at work between 1540 and 1640. T... read more
Charts the evolution of museums from their origins in princely collections and cabinets of curiosity, through the Enlightenment and the reforming ideals of the C19th, to the emergence of the... read more
A handsome illustrated book on the Palazzo Castelluccio. Built in the C18th, it fell into ruin when the family died out in the C20th and has been restored by its new owner, the author. It co... read more
Architecture, landscape, collections, books, food and wine - with contributions by Jon Meacham, Alice Waters, Jay McInerney, Annette Gordon-Reed, Xavier Salomon and others.
Not content with his England's Cathedrals, SJ has now gone one better in this fully illustrated guide to Europe's greatest places of worship. Chartres, Moscow...
First publication in English of the extraordinary 1947 work. Vol 1 is historical - from earliest times to La Scala, Vienna State Opera etc, and the development of theatres in the Russian Emp... read more
A fascinating history of Christianity told through the tumultuous and sometimes contested tales of twenty different churches and chapels scattered across Britain and Ireland.
First publication in English of the extraordinary 1947 work. Vol 1 is historical - from earliest times to La Scala, Vienna State Opera etc, and the development of theatres in the Russian Emp... read more