基本信息出版社：MetroBooks
页码：120 页
出版日期：1999年05月
ISBN：1567997422
条形码：9781567997422
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：The Great Architecture Series

内容简介 A must for both architecture and Judaic studies buffs, this gorgeous volume offers a glorious armchair tour of synagogues of the world. For almost two thousand years, the synagogue has been the focal point of Jewish life and identity. This sumptuously illustrated volume traces the history of the synagogue as an institution and follows the development of synagogue art and architecture throughout the ages and across continents. Synagogues: -- features an incredible diversity of synagogues, from sixteenth-century Italian scuolas to twentieth-century works by architects such as Philip Johnson and Frank Lloyd Wright -- pictures synagogues from all over the world: from Cochin, India, to Venice, Italy; from London, England, to Jerusalem, Israel