Azulejos de Lisboa - Colin Manning gives a photographic tour of some of the Portuguese tiles, known as azulejos, which adorn the inside and outside of almost every home in Portugal.
History of Plumbing - A series of articles from Plumbing and Mechanical magazine following the development of plumbing from ancient Babylon to modern America, hosted by theplumber.com
Rick's Bricks - A compilation of documents covering the history of brick-making and brick-building, particularly in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, US. Includes a bibliography.
Roman Concrete - David Moore's writings and references on Roman and modern concrete technology and construction.
Stone Roofing Association - Provides an introduction to sandstone and limestone roofs, giving the geology, history and use of stone slates, with bibliography and glossary.
Timeline of Concrete - The story of concrete from the natural deposit of cement compounds 12,000,000 BC, through the creation of concrete by the Romans to its uses in the 1990s. Short bibliography.
The Traditional Paint Forum - A non-profit group with an interest in historic decorative schemes, which publishes the journal "Traditional Paint News" (contents listed online). Annual conference, membership, news.
Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture - The University of Durham hosts information on this publication project. Includes images and a map showing the counties covered by each volume.
End of Europe's Middle Ages: Sculpture - Part of a University of Calgary tutorial with photographs and narrative from Gothic sculpture as an architectural component to free-standing Italian Renaissance sculpture.
Glasgow - City of Sculpture - Over 200 biographies of sculptors and architects, with hundreds of photographs covering the history of sculpture in Glasgow.
Liverpool's Peter Pan - A collection of people's memories and photographs of the Peter Pan sculpture from Liverpool's Sefton Park.
Sensuality in Memorial Art - Illustrated and referenced essay on the role of sensuality and the classic nude figure in memorial and cemetery sculpture around the world. From Northstar Gallery.
The Tello Obelisk - Photographs, description and discussion by James Q. Jacobs of this prehistoric carved granite monolith from Chavín de Huantár in Peru, with bibliography.
Wodan Still Speaks - Photographs by Guido Deseijn and Gerda Verheeke of Romanesque and Gothic sculptures on medieval religious buildings in Europe, suspected to represent the old pagan god Wodan or Odin.
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