Barcelona will be the focus of world attention in 1992 when the Olympic Games are held there. With 90,000 people visiting Barcelona from Britain each year, this event is likely to boost tourism to the city still further. The portable "World Travel Guide to Barcelona & Catalonia" is a companion for all those who seek information not only on the sights and entertainments but also on the practicalities of spending time in the region. Barcelona hotels, restaurants and bars are detailed in a selective list and there is a wealth of practical information on subjects such as public transport and shopping. There are itineraries of the city and around the many features of interest that Catalonia has to offer. Concise cultural and historical information provides a useful background to the descriptions of famous sights and suggested itineraries. The guide also points the way to some of the less well-known places, monuments and points of interest which the visitor may, otherwise miss. There are full colour, well designed maps with helpful street plans.

World Travel Guide: Barcelona (Bartholomew World Travel Guide)

Travel

Barral I Altet, Xavier

Europe

HarperCollins, Publishers

178pages. poche. broché. Santiago! Des milliers de pèlerins ont poussé ce cri d'allégresse en arrivant à Compostelle, sur le tombeau de saint Jacques le Majeur, l'apôtre de l'Espagne, mort à Jérusalem, enterré en Galice, et devenu au IXe siècle le « Matamore », symbole de la lutte contre les Maures. Depuis le XIIe siècle, le Guide du pèlerin indique les quatre grandes routes qui, en Espagne, convergent pour former le camino francès. Et si les haltes, auberges et hospices, ont changé, si le pèlerinage est moins long et périlleux, les lieux sacrés -véritable anthologie de l'art roman dressée par Xavier Barral i Altet -sont restés les mêmes: Tours, Vézelay, Conques, Toulouse, Roncevaux, Léon, Jaca, Burgos. Autant d'étapes sur le grand chemin des « jacquets ».

Compostelle: Le grand chemin

Reference

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HISTOIRE DE L'ART (7ED) QSJ 2473 (QUE SAIS-JE ?)

QUE SAIS JE

La tapisserie de Bayeux

Arts & Photography

Decorative Arts & Design

CITADELLES

Originated by art theorists in the Nineteenth Century, the term ""Romanesque"" refers to a school of religious architecture and design from the early medieval period. As with all terms that attempt to summarise an epoch, ""Romanesque"" artificially constructs the notion of one unified style, but as this book makes clear, the Romanesque tendency consisted of many different, eclectic characteristics. The investigation back through time leads us across the ancient pilgrim routes of the Pyrenees, and then into a vast range of devotional structures -churches, tombs, monuments, cathedrals and basilicas. Each one carries its own regional imprint and spiritual iconography. Containing rigorously detailed and comprehensive insights into all aspects of Romanesque symbolism and ritual, this book includes analysis of liturgical equipment, and explores the significance of many features of the buildings. A fascinating, mystical quest that forms the second volume in this acclaimed series on Medieval architecture.

Romanesque: Towns, Cathedrals and Monasteries

Architecture

Taschen America, LLC

Book by Altet, Xavier Barral I, Barral I Altet, Xavier

The Early Middle Ages from Late Antiquity to A.D. 1000

La Chiesa E La Parrocchia Di San Polo: Spazio Religioso E Spazio Pubblico (Chiese Di Venezia) (Italian Edition)

Jones, Emma

Barcham, William

Matino, Gabriele

Matile, Michael

Pilutti Namer, Myriam

Raines, Dorit

Schiavon, Alessandra

Bisson, Massimo

Brunet, Ester

Casini, Matteo

Ceccon, Silvio

Chauvard, Jean-Francois

Galtarossa, Massimo

Baradel, Valentina

Gietz, Nora

Lazzarini, Lorenzo

Mase, Federica

Religion & Spirituality

Viella Editrice

English summary: This book offers an overview of the development of artistic patronage in Rome during the Middle Ages through a detailed study of the period's primary artistic supporter -- the papacy. French description: Il volume offre un quadro della committenza artistica a Roma nel corso di tutto il Medioevo attraverso uno studio dettagliato sulle figure dei singoli pontefici che ne furono i principali promotori. I fatti artistici, analizzati dal punto di vista della committenza papale, non solo consentono di capire il significato primario connesso alla loro funzione, ma ricreano anche un'immagine speculare del contesto culturale di appartenenza. L'ambito cronologico, circoscritto fra il pontificato di Silvestro I (314-335) e quello di Martino V (1417-1431), lascia intravedere nel comportamento di molti pontefici la persistenza di una mentalita che, da un atteggiamento iniziale di semplice patronato e protezionismo, si tramuta nel tardo Medioevo in vero e proprio mecenatismo. I saggi raccolti, ricchi di spunti e suggestioni, pongono sotto la giusta luce aspetti meno noti di una citta come Roma, quale centro ideale della cristianita e termine imprescindibile di riferimento per le sue valenze storico-artistiche.

La Committenza Artistica Dei Papi a Roma Nel Medioevo (I Libri Di Viella. Arte)

Bolgia, Claudia

Foletti, Ivan

Gianandrea, Manuela

Lucherini, Vinni

Gandolfo, Francesco

Ballardini, Antonella

Cavallaro, Anna

Claussen, Peter Cornelius

D'Onofrio Pre, Mario

Giesser, Valentine

Guiglia Guidobaldi, Alessandra

Pace, Valentino

Pollio, Giorgia

Taddei, Alessandro

History & Criticism

Viella

If there is one constant in the history of Christianity and especially of the Western Church, it is its deep desire to be connected with its own past. From the perspective of the longue duree, it might even be possible to state that a meditation on Christian origins was a common and widespread response used throughout history in the face of each great moment of crisis within the Church. In those situations, the rhetoric produced by the Church was always aimed at emphasizing a desire to return to these mythical roots, the ideal community, a pure and radical Christianity. The question underlying this book is the way in which this desire for the past provides the occasion to re-live, re-think and re-create Christian origins. More precisely, the crux of our work is to understand how this desire can transform and rewrite the past both in materiality - with restorations of ancient monuments - and in ideas - writing history. In this book, the main focus of attention is dedicated to three key moments, corresponding more or less to three crucial episodes in the history of the Catholic Church in the modern era. The first of these three is the Reformation and subsequent Counter-Reformation, between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Second comes the moment in which the Catholic Church lost its temporal power during the Unification of Italy and the "spiritual" reaction culminating with the First Vatican Council (1869-1870). Lastly is the period before and after the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), which can be considered the most significant reaction of Catholicism towards modernity.

Re-Thinking, Re-Making, Re-Living Christian Origins (I Libri Di Viella. Arte / Etudes Lausannoises D'Histoire de) (English and Italian Edition)

Gebhardt, Johannes

Fiumi Sermattei, Ilaria

Santanicchia, Mirko

Pierguidi, Stefano

Jakubec, Ondrej

Barbolani Di Montauto, Novella

Bock, Nicolas

Cantone, Valentina

Cracolici, Stefano

Di Croce, Alessandra

D'Ovidio, Stefano

Klipa, Jan

Malesevic, Filip

Piva, Chiara

Rosenbergova, Sabina

Scirocco, Elisabetta

Tranchina, Antonino

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