Visions of Heaven: The Dome in European Architecture

I don't have much to add to the earlier reviews except to say that if you like kaleidoscopes, mandalas or snowflakes, you will probably love this book. It is full of images of 6-fold and 8-fold symmetry and even one each of 3-fold and 5-fold. The pictures can be viewed as realistic depictions of parts of buildings or as abstractions, pleasurable purely for the pattern. There is something in the human brain that loves this sort of thing, and if you want to indulge that something and just wallow in beauty, get this book. Wow!

a nice gift book

Gorgeous photographs!

breathtaking

a remarkable series of photographs. what we see when we look up towards heaven in cathedrals and mosques of europe.

Beautiful book!

Gorgeous Photography! Spectacular Domes! Its Heaven indeed! Excellent Book!!!

Honestly I never really considered what a book on images of famous domes would be like, this is definitly a nitch book, but it is spectacular. This images are crisp and because all the photos are taken from the same distance you can really appreciate the differences in the domes..most are just simply breathtaking. It seems every turn of the page, gives you a more spectacular image. Granted some are more ornate than others, but all of the domes have their own character and beauty. Amazing book on an interesting subject, pick it up, you won't be able to put it down.

This book pays homage to religious buildings built in old time. Breathtaking pictures take us back into the past. We're astonished by the art of construction. Today's building technology and construction method surpass those of our ancestors. But today's buildings don't rarely strike us as those old buildings. What is lost in our life? Why building design and construction are deteriorating and when could this deterioration stop? What is the art of today's construction ? Who can still provide marvelous designs?

One of the best books.!! On a great time.

各時代別でのカテゴリ分けされており、非常に見やすかったです。最初に各時代の写真があり、最後に各ドームの解説となっています。クリスチャンである方、そうでない方でも楽しめる内容で、言葉で表現するのが難しいくらいの素晴らしい一冊です。