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Author : Paul Simonsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780682470773
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Gothic: the Age of the Cathedral written by Paul Simonsen and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Günther Binding
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783822870556
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)
Download or read book High Gothic written by Günther Binding and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We can only begin to understand the 'spirit of the Gothic' through an understanding of the historical, sociological, theological, economic and technological background in this time of change. Given this, we can then start to read Gothic cathedrals like the pages of a book."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Günther Binding
Publisher : Taschen
ISBN 13 : 9783822817759
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (177 download)
Download or read book High Gothic written by Günther Binding and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert A. Scott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520949560
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The Gothic Enterprise written by Robert A. Scott and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. This engrossing book surveys an era that has fired the historical imagination for centuries. In it Robert A. Scott explores why medieval people built Gothic cathedrals, how they built them, what conception of the divine lay behind their creation, and how religious and secular leaders used cathedrals for social and political purposes. As a traveler’s companion or a rich source of knowledge for the armchair enthusiast, The Gothic Enterprise helps us understand how ordinary people managed such tremendous feats of physical and creative energy at a time when technology was rudimentary, famine and disease were rampant, the climate was often harsh, and communal life was unstable and incessantly violent. While most books about Gothic cathedrals focus on a particular building or on the cathedrals of a specific region, The Gothic Enterprise considers the idea of the cathedral as a humanly created space. Scott discusses why an impoverished people would commit so many social and personal resources to building something so physically stupendous and what this says about their ideas of the sacred, especially the vital role they ascribed to the divine as a protector against the dangers of everyday life. Scott’s narrative offers a wealth of fascinating details concerning daily life during medieval times. The author describes the difficulties master-builders faced in scheduling construction that wouldn’t be completed during their own lifetimes, how they managed without adequate numeric systems or paper on which to make detailed drawings, and how climate, natural disasters, wars, variations in the hours of daylight throughout the year, and the celebration of holy days affected the pace and timing of work. Scott also explains such things as the role of relics, the quarrying and transporting of stone, and the incessant conflict cathedral-building projects caused within their communities. Finally, by drawing comparisons between Gothic cathedrals and other monumental building projects, such as Stonehenge, Scott expands our understanding of the human impulses that shape our landscape.
Author : Karen Ralls
Publisher : Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0892546271
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Gothic Cathedrals written by Karen Ralls and published by Nicolas-Hays, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cross the threshold into the world of the High Middle Ages and explore the illuminating wisdom, beauty and art of the Gothic cathedrals, stunning wonders of the medieval era for all to see today. From bejewelled stained glass windows to a pilgrimage “on the road” to Compostela, the wonders of Gothic architecture continue to inspire many worldwide. From the 12th century, the Gothic architectural style continued to spread throughout Europe. Highly-regarded medievalist Dr. Karen Ralls explores the legacy of this exquisite architectural period, whose artistic beauty and expert craftsmanship have served for centuries to inspire feelings of spiritual reverence and aesthetic wonder. She details the relationship between architecture, geometry, and music; explores the concept of the labyrinth; pilgrimage; Black Madonnas; astronomical calculations in the design and location of cathedrals; stone and wood carvings; gargoyles; the teachings of Pythagoras and the later Neo-Platonists, and more. For the general reader and specialist alike, Dr. Ralls guides the reader through the history, places, art, and symbolism of these unique "books in stone", providing a lively portal and solid resource for all. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs, a recommended reading section, lists of the major European cathedral sites and a full Bibliography, Gothic Cathedrals is a fascinating showcase of the mystic and spiritual symbolism found in these great structures of Europe, information that will help modern readers visit these sites and share in the energy of the sacred they continue to radiate.
Author : Otto Georg Von Simson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691018677
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Gothic Cathedral written by Otto Georg Von Simson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1988-07-21 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The description for this book, The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order, will be forthcoming.
Author : Georges Duby
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226167704
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
Download or read book The Age of the Cathedrals written by Georges Duby and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1983-02-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing that a work of art is the product of a particular time and place as much as it is the creation of an individual, Duby provides a sweeping survey of the changing mentalities of the Middle Ages as reflected in the art and architecture of the period. "If Age of the Cathedrals has a fault, it is that Professor Duby knows too much, has too many new ideas and takes such a delight in setting them out. . . insights whiz to and fro like meteorites."—John Russell, New York Times Book Review
Author : Robert A. Scott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520231775
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Gothic Enterprise written by Robert A. Scott and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott pens a wonderfully readable guide to the ideas, beliefs, historical conditions, and engineering feats that came together in the Middle Ages (roughly mid-12th to mid-15th centuries) to enable the creation of the Gothic cathedral.
Author : Christopher Wilson
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Gothic Cathedral written by Christopher Wilson and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1992 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages are among the world's supreme architectural achievements.
Author : Stephen Murray
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231551479
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Notre-Dame of Amiens written by Stephen Murray and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notre-Dame of Amiens is one of the great Gothic cathedrals. Its construction began in 1220, and artistic production in the Gothic mode lasted well into the sixteenth century. In this magisterial chronicle, Stephen Murray invites readers to see the cathedral as more than just a thing of the past: it is a living document of medieval Christian society that endures in our own time. Murray tells the cathedral’s story from the overlapping perspectives of the social groups connected to it, exploring the ways that the layfolk who visit the cathedral occasionally, the clergy who use it daily, and the artisans who created it have interacted with the building over the centuries. He considers the cycles of human activity around the cathedral and shows how groups of makers and users have been inextricably intertwined in collaboration and, occasionally, conflict. The book travels around and through the spaces of the cathedral, allowing us to re-create similar passages by our medieval predecessors. Murray reveals the many worlds of the cathedral and brings them together in the architectural triumph of its central space. A beautifully illustrated account of a grand, historically and religiously important building from a variety of perspectives and in a variety of time periods, this book offers readers a memorable tour of Notre-Dame of Amiens that celebrates the cathedral’s eight hundredth anniversary. Notre-Dame of Amiens is enhanced by high-resolution images, liturgical music, and animations embedded in an innovative website.
Author : Otto Georg von Simson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691214034
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Gothic Cathedral written by Otto Georg von Simson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic work on Gothic religious architecture, now with added illustrations and a new section by the author on rose windows No other monument of a culture so radically different from our own is as much a part of contemporary life as the Gothic cathedral. In this illuminating book, esteemed art historian Otto Georg von Simson explores how Gothic architecture is an expression of supernatural reality, and shows how, to those who designed and worshipped in the great cathedrals of France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, this symbolic function of sacred architecture overshadowed all others. The Gothic Cathedral takes readers from the birth of the Gothic style with the Basilica of St.-Denis to the consummation of the form in the majestic Cathedral of Chartres, revealing how these incomparable architectural masterpieces embodied the spiritual and intellectual order of the medieval world.
Author : Elizabeth Emery
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791451243
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Romancing the Cathedral written by Elizabeth Emery and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2001-09-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an analysis of political, art historical, and literary discourse, this book considers French fascination with the Gothic cathedral.
Author : Helen Parkhurst
Publisher : Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cathedral written by Helen Parkhurst and published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company. This book was released on 1936 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Otto Georg von Simson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Gothic Cathedral written by Otto Georg von Simson and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hans Jantzen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691003726
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)
Download or read book High Gothic written by Hans Jantzen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1984-03-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging study introduces the reader to one of the greatest achievements of Western art: the climactic phase of Gothic architecture in the first half of the thirteenth century. Through a comparative analysis of the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Amiens, the author illuminates the technical, theological, artistic, and social factors that formed the High Gothic synthesis. Drawing on a lifetime of scholarship, he successively characterizes the different parts of the Gothic cathedral and describes the human context of the three great buildings.
Author : Ian Dunlop
Publisher : Taplinger Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Cathedrals' Crusade written by Ian Dunlop and published by Taplinger Publishing Company. This book was released on 1982 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
