The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order (Bollingen Series) - Couverture souple

Von Simson, Otto Georg

 
9780691018676: The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order (Bollingen Series)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691018677 ISBN 13 : 9780691018676
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1988

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Otto Georg von Simson (1912-1993) was professor emeritus of art history at the Free University of Berlin. His books include Sacred Fortress: Byzantine Art and Statecraft in Ravenna (Princeton).

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
1988
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691018677
ISBN 13 
9780691018676
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
362
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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