Books by Ralph Adams Cram

Three Elements that Will Revitalize Christendom. The title "Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh" means simply this: Gold is the pure, imperishable quality of the monastic ideal, Frankincense the supreme act of worship through the Blessed Sacrament, Myrrh the saving quality of a right philosophy of life that yet must be bitter to the taste of many people. Together they are the three gifts that must again be offered by a world once more led, though now by the red and malefic star of war, to worship and fall down before the Incarnate God so long and so lightly denied.

This volume contains a fascinating and comprehensive exploration of Japanese architecture through the ages - with information on temples, shrines, domestic buildings, and much more. "Impressions Of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts" is highly recommended for those with an interest in the development of Japanese architecture, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: ¿The Genius of Japanese Art¿, ¿The Early Architecture of Japan¿, ¿The Later Architecture of Japan¿, ¿Temples and Shrines¿, ¿Temple Gardens¿, ¿Domestic Interiors¿, ¿The Minor Arts¿, ¿A Colour Print of Yeizan¿, ¿A Note on Japanese Sculpture¿, etcetera. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

The free city of a walled town is the author's solution to doing away with the destructive effects of imperialism and materialism. "The next manifestation of monasticism should already be showing itself .. There will be groups of natural families, father, mother and children, entering into a communal but not by any means 'communistic' life, within those Walled Towns they will create for themselves, in the midst of the world but not of it." Ralph Adams Cram, born in 1863, was considered America's greatest church architect. He was also an editor, art critic, poet, and designer. The work of his architectural firm, Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, is considered the finest representation of the spirit of the modern Gothic Revival in American ecclesiastical and academic architecture.