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Author : Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The City of Chartres written by Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Malcolm B. Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Chartres Cathedral written by Malcolm B. Miller and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author is the world's foremost authority on Chartres, and is in residence there most of the year. He shows us the history of the cathedral and teaches us how to "read" the world-famous stained glass and sculpture, explaining the references to Scripture and the teachings of the Church. Chartres alone, of all the great medieval churches, has survived into the 20th century almost intact, not only architecturally but with its vast inconographic program in 12th-and 13th-century stained glass and sculpture. Medieval art was intended not just to embellish the church but to instruct the people, for there was no printing. Scholars could therefore teach their students, the clergy preach sermons and parents read the lives of the saints to their children using the 'texts' in stained glass and sculpture. The sister churches of Chartres have been sadly vandalized to varying degrees by Reform, revolution, war or natural disaster. Here in Chartres the 'text' is virtually complete. A concise glossary of symbolic images has been included as well as a complete plan of all the windows in the cathedral, and an index.
Author : Titus Burckhardt
Publisher : World Wisdom Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral written by Titus Burckhardt and published by World Wisdom Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new and revised edition of Titus Burckhardt's masterpiece, Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral, is a richly colored window onto the lofty intellectual and spiritual climate that conceived the marvel that is Gothic architecture. Featuring a new appendix with three sections, and a new Foreword by John James, a world authority on Chartres, as well as 25 new illustrations, it cannot fail to inspire the reader to become a pilgrim to Chartres.
Author : Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (162 download)
Download or read book The City of Chartres, its Cathedral and Churches written by Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061970077
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)
Download or read book Universe of Stone written by Philip Ball and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] lively biography of Chartres Cathedral . . . Ball’s account of its construction reveals fascinating details.” —The New Yorker Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to those who constructed it in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries—and why was it built at such immense height and with such glorious play of light, in the soaring manner we now call Gothic? In this work, Aventis Prize winner and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Philip Ball makes sense of the visual and emotional power of Chartres and brilliantly explores how its construction—and the creation of other Gothic cathedrals—represented a profound and dramatic shift in the way medieval thinkers perceived their relationship with their world. Beautifully illustrated, filled with astonishing insight, Universe of Stone embeds the magnificent cathedral in the culture of the twelfth century—its schools of philosophy and science, its trades and technologies, its politics and religious debates—enabling us to view this ancient architectural marvel with fresh eyes. “A terrific book . . . a lucid, thoughtful tour de force.” —The Christian Science Monitor “Engrossing . . . a resplendent account of the mysteries of Chartres Cathedral.” —Sunday Times “There is no better introduction to the subject.” —The Wall Street Journal
Author : Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020622748
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (227 download)
Download or read book The City Of Chartres: Its Cathedral & Churches written by Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a historical guide to the city of Chartres and its many religious monuments, including the famous Cathedral of Notre Dame. The author offers a detailed account of the city's architecture, art, and religious culture, highlighting the unique features of each site and providing fascinating historical context. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history and culture of medieval France. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (162 download)
Download or read book The City of Chartres, its Cathedral and Churches written by Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. J. L. J. 1860- Masse
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781355012641
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (126 download)
Download or read book The City of Chartres written by H. J. L. J. 1860- Masse and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Anne Prache
Publisher : CNRS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Chartres Cathedral written by Anne Prache and published by CNRS. This book was released on 1993 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victor A. Pollak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 081176897X
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Saving the Light at Chartres written by Victor A. Pollak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built around 1200 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws more than a million visitors and pilgrims each year, Chartres Cathedral is one of the jewels of Western Civilization. How Chartres Cathedral and its priceless stained glass (today the largest such collection in one location) survived World War II’s widespread destruction of cultural monuments is one of the great stories of recent history. Saving the Light at Chartres begins half a decade before World War II, when a young French architect developed a plan to save the cathedral’s precious stained glass. As war engulfed Europe in the fall of 1939, master glass artisans dismantled the hundreds of windows, and soldiers, tradesmen, and laborers with local volunteers crated thousands of glass panels, stowed them in the crypt, and months later—just before German invaders reached Chartres—hauled them across the country to an underground quarry. This effort to save the stained glass is but a prologue. By August 1944, the U.S. Army had broken out of Normandy and was racing across France toward Paris and the Seine. Chartres became a key battleground. Allied bombing blew out the cathedral’s temporary window coverings, and when the Americans—assisted by French Resistance fighters—entered the city in the face of unexpectedly heavy defiance and snipers in the cathedral, many soldiers believed German artillery spotters were occupying the cathedral’s spires. When Colonel Welborn Griffith Jr.—a senior operations officer of Twentieth Corps in Patton’s Third Army—arrived, some were pressing to countermand the army’s standing order to avoid the cathedral and threatened to destroy it to neutralize the German spotters. Griffith was skeptical. He inspected the cathedral himself, climbed its towers, but found no Germans, so he rang the bell, waved an American flag, and ordered that the cathedral be spared, saving it from destruction. Griffith would be killed later that day. Victor Pollak tells both stories—the rescue of the windows and Colonel Griffith’s fateful role—in a compelling narrative. Saving the Light at Chartres honors the government and local teams who saved the windows, the Resistance that performed a vital role in the liberation of Chartres, Welborn Griffith, and the enduring treasure that is Chartres Cathedral.
Author : Robert Branner
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393314380
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Chartres Cathedral written by Robert Branner and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1969 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An introduction to Chartres Cathedral with an analytical and historical essay, documents and source materials, critical essays, and 125 illustrations"--
Author : Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332614684
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (146 download)
Download or read book The City of Chartres written by Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The City of Chartres: Its Cathedral Churches To Dr Oscar Clark of Gloucester I am indebted for one excellent photograph, and to my friend Mr Gerald C. Horsley for three drawings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395316689
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Cathedral written by David Macaulay and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1973 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated book shows the intricate step-by-step process of an imaginary cathedral's growth.
Download or read book City of Chartres, Its Cathedral & Churches written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan van der Meulen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The West Portals of Chartres Cathedral written by Jan van der Meulen and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A neutral reconsideration of the physical structure of the west portals of Chartres and of the theological basis of its iconography in Holy Writ and effective patristic dogma.
Author : Malcolm Miller
Publisher : Pitkin Exclusive
ISBN 13 : 9780853727071
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Chartres Cathedral and the Old Town - English written by Malcolm Miller and published by Pitkin Exclusive. This book was released on 2009-02-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See below for alternative languages for this title Chartres Cathedral is one of the great monuments to medieval art, a spectacular attraction for visitors to this beautiful city. Its old town is equally fascinating. The beautiful Pitkin guide shows all there is to be seen and is supported by stunning photographs by Sonia Halliday and Laura Lushington. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British and French history, heritage and travel. French - Click to buy Spanish - Click to buy German - Click to buy Italian - Click to buy Japanese - Click to buy
Author : Jean Favier
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The World of Chartres written by Jean Favier and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1990 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details one of the greatest Gothic buildings in the world, the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Chartres, France, exploring its history, its structure, and its glass artistry.
