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For many, the French Quarter is New Orleans, yet how much do they really know about the Vieux Carré? Truman Capote wrote, "Of all secret cities, New Orleans... is the most secretive... [Its] architecture deliberately concocted to camouflage, to mask, as at a Mardi Gras Ball, the lives of those born to live among these protective edifices."
Through striking photographs and polished prose, The Majesty of the French Quarter opens the locked door and...
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More than two centuries removed from its founding, Indianapolis has seen its share of landmarks and landscapes pass into memory. Indianapolis historian Edward Fujawa explores the history of lost sites, how they appear today and how some are still used or repurposed.
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Audio Americana presents The United States Capitol: A Brief Architectural History. Written by architectural historian William C. Allen, this brief study summarizes the origins, construction and development of the United States Capitol and reflects upon the eclectic group of people who have contributed to its evolution, including Dr. William Thornton, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, Frederick Law Olmsted, Montgomery C. Meigs...
4) Saving Michelangelo's Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution
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"1742: the famous dome atop Saint Peter’s Basilica, designed by Michelangelo, is fractured and threatened with collapse. The dome is the pride of Italy and the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. And no one knows how to fix it. This engaging and colorful narrative tells the overlooked story of how Michelangelo’s Dome was saved from disaster by three mathematicians and Pope Benedict XIV, who had asked them for help. It is a gripping story...
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This enthralling study of the church of St. Agnes Outside the Walls brings to vivid life the stories, rituals, and architectural meaning contained within this seventeen-hundred-year-old building In The Geometry of Love, acclaimed author Margaret Visser, the preeminent "anthropologist of everyday life," takes on the living history of the ancient church of St. Agnes. Examining every facet of the building, from windows to catacombs, Visser takes readers...
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