{"title":"Mikael Muehlbauer","description":"\u003cp\u003eMikael Muehlbauer’s works delve into the rich intersections of history, art, and culture, inviting readers to explore the enduring symbols and stories that shape our world. With a meticulous eye for detail, his writing illuminates the significance behind cultural landmarks and artistic traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful examinations of heritage and identity, where past and present converge to enrich our understanding of civilisation’s bastions. Muehlbauer’s collection offers a compelling journey through the arts and culture that continue to inspire and define us.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bastions-of-the-cross-by-mikael-muehlbauer-9780884024972","title":"Bastions of the Cross","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late eleventh century, Ethiopian masons hewed great cruciform churches out of mountains in the eastern highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia's northernmost province. Hitherto unparalleled in scale, these monuments were royal foundations, instruments of political centralization and re-Christianization that anticipated the great thirteenth-century churches at Lalibela.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBastions of the Cross\u003c\/em\u003e, the first study devoted to the subject, examines the cruciform churches of Abreha wa-Atsbeha, Wuqro Cherqos, and Mika'el Amba. It connects them to one of the great architectural movements of the Middle Ages: the millennial revival of the early Byzantine aisled, cruciform church. These were also the first to incorporate vaulting, and uniquely did so in the service of centralized spatial hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough resuscitated pilgrimage networks, Ethiopian craftsmen revisited architectural types abandoned since Late Antiquity, while Islamic mercantile channels brought precious textiles from South Asia that inspired trans-material conceptions of architectural space. \u003cem\u003eBastions of the Cross\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the eleventh century, in contrast to its popular reputation as a \"dark age,\" to be a forgotten watershed in the architectural history of Ethiopia and Eastern Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47485942005996,"sku":"9780884024972","price":181.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/531666b88f82bceed14c7d8d0e7a3ff5.jpg?v=1775790989"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/mikael-muehlbauer.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}