The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
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Carbonel, Abbot, 109
Carrara, 164
Casanova, 264
Castile, 129, 143
Cathay, 128, 178
Catherine, queen of England, 96
Catt, Henri de, 182
Cécile of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess, 181
Cecima, 120–21
Çelebi, Cafer, 73
Çelebi, Evliya, 22
eská Lipí, 83
Ceylon. See Sri Lanka
Charlemagne, 129, 143, 197
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Keiser Karel), 126, 128–40, 143–44, 169, 197, 294
Charlottenburg, 31
Chartres Cathedral, 7, 194
Chaumonot, Marie-Joseph, 84–86, 92–93, 96–100
Cher, 268
China, 258–61, 263, 266
Choniates, Nicetas, 54
Christ Pantocrator, 63, 66, 77
Christianity, 125–26, 147, 200
Church of England, 97
Churchill, Winston, 181, 184–85
Cicero, 134, 152, 157
Cimon, 32
Cinderella, 11
Cipango, 128, 178
Cirque du Soleil, 265, 271–72, 275
Clinton, Bill, 289
Cole, Nat King, 263
Cole, Thomas, 5, 209
The Architect’s Dream, 6–9, 125, 169–70, 189–90, 233, 257–58
Cologne, 120
Colorado Springs, 282
Columbus, Christopher, 127–28
Comédie Française, 199, 201
Communist Manifesto, The (Marx and Engels), 213, 227
Condition of the Working Class in England, The (Engels), 212
Congrès Internationale d’Architecture Moderne, 216–17
Constantine I (the Great), emperor of Rome, 44, 48, 51, 76–77, 89
Constantine XI, emperor of Constantinople, 63–64, 66, 69, 152
Constantinople (Istanbul), 7, 20–21, 25, 27–28, 40, 43–49, 52–55, 57–58, 61–78, 89, 142
Ayasofya Mosque, 61–78, 126, 257
basilica of Theodosius, 77
bronze horses, 44, 49, 55, 66
change of name, 17, 73
church of St. Polyeuktos, 54–55
Column of Constantine, 69
earthquakes, 64–65
Eyoub Mosque, 75
Fatih Mosque, 74
Hagia Sophia, 21, 61, 63–68, 70–77, 81, 126, 164
Heroön, 51–52, 54–55
Hippodrome, 44, 48–49, 51, 54, 64, 66, 74
Hodegetria, 67
iconoclasm, 49, 66
Imperial Palace, 75
Mihrimah Mosque, 75
Milion, 44
Omphalos, 63, 66, 70, 77
riots of 532, 64–65, 77
Rüstem Pasha Mosque, 75
sack of, 54–56, 66, 128
Sacred Palace, 141
siege of, 67–70
Suleymaniye Mosque, 74–75
Contarini, Domenico, 51
Copenhagen, 29
Cordoba, 129, 142
Madinat al Zahara, 140
Cotai Peninsula, 259, 261, 263, 266, 270, 277
Council of Trent, 129
Crécy, Battle of, 112
Croatia, 88–89
Crusades, 78
Czech Republic, 83
D
Damascus, 140, 142
Dandolo, Enrico, 52–54, 66
Danube, River, 15, 31, 35
Dark Ages, 3, 39, 61–62, 81, 171
David, king of Israel, 297, 300
David, Jacques-Louis, 197, 200
De Lacey, Abbot, 109
De Militaria (Basinius), 153
De Re Aedificatoria (Alberti), 159–61
Debord, Guy, 191, 274
Delphi, 46–48
Demetrius Poliorcetes, 19–20, 32
Demosthenes, 18
Deneuve, Catherine, 269
Denon, Baron Dominique-Vivant, 57–58
Diocletian, emperor of Rome, 55
Dion, Céline, 269
Dionysius, 22–23
Dogs of Heaven theater group, 228
Dresden, 83, 185
Duccio, Agostino di, 155
Duchamp, Marcel, 225
E
Eden, Anthony, 185
Edinburgh, 274
Castle, 25
Parthenon, 29–31
Edinburgh College of Art, 15
Edward the Confessor, king of England, 94
Edward II, king of England, 107–10, 116, 118–19, 121
tomb, 110–15, 118–19
Edward III, king of England, 108, 111–13, 116–17, 119
Edward (The Black Prince), 111
Egypt, 3, 27, 46, 142, 209, 284, 299–300
Eleanora, Holy Roman Empress, 98
Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Lord, 24–30, 34
Elgin marbles, 7, 24, 26–30, 233
Engels, Friedrich, 212–14, 218–19, 223–24, 228–29, 233
England, 94, 97–98, 100–101, 105, 116, 184, 292
Enlightenment, 169
Ephesus, 7
Erdine, 69
Erichthonius, 17
Escorial, 143
Euclid, 118, 142
Eugenius IV, Pope, 152
Euripides, 18, 25
F
Factory Records, 224
Falier, Vitale, 51–52
Farley, Abbot, 115, 118–19
Fauvel, Louis, 26
Fechter, Peter, 241–42
Fédéric. See Frederick the Great
Federline, Kevin, 271
Felda, Abbot John de, 109
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, 97
Ferdinand, king of Aragon, 127–29
Ferrara, 153
Fieschi, Manuele de, 119
Firth of Forth, 25, 35
Fiume, 88, 92
Flanders, 184
Florence, 156, 158–59, 166, 175
Cathedral, 151, 158, 161
Foliot, Abbot, 109
France, 56, 58, 133, 176–77, 183–84
ancien régime, 189, 197, 206
restored monarchy, 58, 198, 206
Franciscans, 151, 169
Frankfurt, 183
Franks, 143, 291
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 233
Frederick the Great (Fédéric), king of Prussia, 176–86
Freemasons, 118
French Revolution, 189, 197–98, 201, 204
Friedrich Wilhelm III, king of Prussia, 174
Friedrich Wilhelm IV, king of Prussia, 174–75, 180, 183, 185
Froucester, Abbot, 114–15, 118
Fukuyama, Francis, 234
Futurists, 214–17, 229–30
G
Gabriel (angel), 71, 85, 92
Gama, Vasco da, 128
Gamages, Abbot de, 109
Gehry, Frank, 271
Gemistos Plethon, 152, 165
Genoa, 56, 119
George V, king of England, 100
Georgevich, Alexander, 88, 92
German Democratic Republic, 235–38, 242–43, 246, 248
and Ostalgie, 253
Germany, 29, 120, 183–85
reunification, 248
unification, 183
Ghent, 129, 136
Gibbon, Edward, 169
Giotto, 151, 154
Girona, 7
Gloucester Cathedral, 7, 105–21, 257, 296
bell tower, 115, 117, 119
choir, 109–17, 119
cloister, 114–15, 118
cloister vaults, 117
crossing, 113, 119
flying buttress, 110–11
great window, 112
Lady Chapel, 115–19
masons, 116–17
south transept, 110–12, 114, 116, 118
Gloucestershire, 118
Golgotha, 90
Goren, Shlomo, 288
Gothic architecture, 206
Gower, John, 117
Granada
Alhambra, 126–44, 169, 257
A
lhambra inscriptions, 137–40
conquest of, 128
Moorish conquest, 139
Palacio Real, 126, 134–36, 143
Great Britain, 25–26, 28, 181
Great Pyramid of Giza, 5, 7
Greece, 3, 30–32, 40, 46–48, 165–66, 209, 216, 233
Greeks, 30, 49, 147, 152, 162, 169, 171
Gurney, Lord Thomas, 120
H
Habsburg family, 128, 133
Hadrian, emperor of Rome, 28
Hadrian’s villa, 141–43
Hameline, Abbot, 109
Hanley, Abbot, 115, 118
Happy Mondays, 225
Havel, River, 174
Hawaii, 247
Hebrew, 93, 303
Helen of Troy, 44
Henry, Duke of Lancaster, 120
Henry VIII, king of England, 96–97, 119
Henry, Schuyler, 260
Hephaestus, 17
Heraclius, emperor of Constantinople, 68
Hercules, 43–44, 65, 200
Hereford Cathedral, 117
Herod the Great, king of Israel, 285, 301–2
Herodotus, 25, 160
Hesperis (Basinius), 152–53
Hesse, 243
Hildebrandt, Alexandra, 252
Hildebrandt, Rainer, 252
Hiroshima, 185, 234
Hirschberg, A. S., 293
Hitler, Adolf, 31, 181, 184, 237–38, 253
Hobsbawm, Eric, 233
Holland, 100, 184
Hollywood, 11, 262–63, 269
Holy Houses, 81–100, 296
Holy Land, 52–53, 89, 93, 291–92
Holy League, 21, 23–24, 32, 125
Holy Roman Emperor, 128–29
Holy Roman Empire, 56
Horton, Abbot, 112–13, 119
House of Lords, 24, 29–30
Hudson Valley, 5
Hugo, Victor, 195–98, 201, 203–4
Huis van Doorn, 184
Humboldt, Alexander von, 174–76
Hungary, 72, 152, 182
Huron tribe, 84, 99–100
Hwicce tribe, 109
I
ibn Ahbar, Kaab, 297–98
Ibn al Nasr, 139
Ibn Zamrak, 137–38, 140
Ibrahim, Sultan, 73
Idris-i Bidlisi, 73
Île de France, 194
Iliad, 11
Impressionism, 271
India, 46, 68, 128, 140
Indonesia, 282
industrial revolution, 189, 212
Inspiral Carpets, 225
Intercoenales (Alberti), 157
Iran, 284
Isaac II, emperor of Constantinople, 53–54
Isabella, queen of Castile, 127–28
Isabella, queen of England, 107–8, 120
Isidore of Miletus, 65, 75
Islam, 68–70, 73, 76–78, 89, 125–26, 140, 143, 152, 284–85, 293, 295
Isotta degli Atti, 150, 152, 155, 161, 163–64
Israel, 270, 281–82, 284–91
Istanbul. See Constantinople
Istria, 161, 164
Italic War, 156
Italy, 56, 66, 85, 100, 134, 149, 152, 154, 214
architecture, 135
and Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, 175, 177, 180, 183
Ivanovitch, Feodor, 25
J
Jack the Ripper, 292
Jansenism, 200
Japan, 9, 185, 282
Jerusalem, 7, 52–53, 69–70
Al-Aqsa Mosque, 284, 287, 295–97
Anglo-Saxon archaeological digs, 285–86
Church of the Ascension, 90
Dome of the Rock, 286–88, 290, 295–96
“Great Sea,” 292
Islamic conquest, 297
Israeli occupation, 288–89
Mugrabi path, 283–85, 289–90
Muslim Quarter, 285–86, 289
restoration of the Temple, 287–88
Roman conquest, 298–99, 302
Temple of Solomon, 45, 90, 301–2
Western Wall, 9, 279–303
Jesuits, 99
John, king of Portugal, 294
John of Sponlee, 116–18
Josephine, empress of the French, 57, 197
Joy Division, 224–25
Juana the Mad, queen of Castile, 128
Julius Caesar, 142, 157
Julius II, Pope, 93
Jupiter, 44–45, 169, 299
Justinian, emperor of Constantinople, 49, 55, 64–65, 75, 77, 164
K
Kaniatarowanenneh River. See St. Lawrence River
Karajan, Herbert von, 11
Karel, Keiser. See Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Kelaniya, River, 35
Kemal Ataturk, Mustapha, 76–78
Kenilworth Castle, 120
Kent, William, 212
Khameini, Ayatollah, 284
Klenze, Leo von, 31–32, 189–90
Knight, Richard Payne, 28
Knobbelsdorf, Georg von, 177
Koch, Hagen, 235–36, 238, 240–41, 249, 251
Kollek, Teddy, 289
Koolhaas, Rem, 271
Koran, 72, 138, 295
Kosmonosy, 83
Kublai Khan, 258–60, 276
Kyoto, 247
L
La Ville Radieuse (Le Corbusier), 9, 217, 229
Lachares, 20
Lake Como, 269
Lange, Gustav, 249
Laocoön, 41–42
Lapiths and Centaurs, 26–27
Las Vegas, 5, 9, 247, 255–77
Lassus, Jean-Baptiste, 193, 197, 201
Latin, 76, 118, 147, 152, 157–59, 303
Latin America, 175
Laureta, 86–87
Le Corbusier, 6, 9, 217, 219, 229
Lebanon, 301
Lenné, Peter Joseph, 175
Levant, 53, 125, 261, 264
Lewis, Jerry, 263
Libérateur, 56
Lithuania, 261