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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"17th and 18th century"”.
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Die Kirchenbauten in Alt-Goa in der zweiten Hälfte des 16. und in den ersten Jahrzehnten des 17. Jahrhunderts : zur Entstehung eines Sakralbautyps
… colony of Goa are evidence of Christianization and christian life in India which has been continuing for approx. 450 years and the town- or landscape would be unthinkable without these. The features of the facades and the interiors are a constant in Goa's sacral architecture and thus give the …
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Advancements in arch analysis and design during the Age of Enlightenment
… brought about the emergence of statics and mechanics, which scholars promptly applied to masonry arch analysis and design. Masonry was assumed to be infinitely strong, so the scholars concerned themselves mainly with arch stability. Early Age of Enlightenment scholars defined the path of …
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Heretics and Martyrs: Picturing Early Anabaptism in Visual Culture of the Dutch Republic
… explores the representation of early Anabaptism and Mennonitism in the visual culture of the Dutch Republic (1585-1795). Polemical and satirical imagery critical of Anabaptism circulated alongside artworks presenting Anabaptist theological heritage in a positive light. Book illustrations offer …
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Land rights & identity: the establishment of the Leliefontein Mission and its impact on the Little Namaqua of the Kamiesberg
… of the Kamiesberg region of Little Namaqualand in the Northern Cape of South Africa. In doing so it focuses on the indigenous occupants of the region, a group of Khoikhoi pastoralists known as the Little Namaqua. The Little Namaqua were few in number, but a people rich in cattle who occupied …
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Dzieje muzeów regionalnych na Pomorzu Zachodnim do 1945 roku
Istotną częścią opracowania jest przedstawienie rozwoju i działalności pomorskich muzeów regionalnych od schyłku XIX w. aż do 1945 r. na terenie Pomorza Zachodniego, a następnie losy tych muzeów w wyniku działań wojennych i bezpośrednio po II wojnie światowej. W każdej siedzibie powiatu a nieraz w …