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Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : VG/VG. Navy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; navy dust jacket, color illustrated with yellow lettering; xii, 276 pp; illustrated in color and bw. "The cathedral of Saint-Pierre in Beauvais, France, is most famous as a failure - its choir vaults came crashing down in 1284 - and only secondarily for its soaring beauty. This illustrated book represents the first serious look at the stunning collection of Gothic stained glass windows that has always dominated the experience of those who enter Beauvais Cathedral."--Jacket. Contents include: Preface -- Introduction -- The first campaign: glazing the Virgin Chapel during the 1240s -- The second campaign: The original glazing of the Upper Choir, ca. 1255-1265 -- The third campaign: post-collapse repair and refurbishment in chapels during the 1290s -- The fourth campaign: restorers and creators, working upstairs and down in the 1340s -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Transformation and restoration of the medieval glazing: a brief history -- Appendix B: Stained glass from the Saint-John Chapel, now in the Musée de Picardie, Amiens -- Appendix C: The houses of Roche Guyon and the Chatelains of Beauvais in the fourteenth century. N° de réf. du vendeur 183820
Description du livre Oversize Hardback. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark blue cloth boards. Light wear to dust jacket. 8 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h. 278 pages. Many illustrations. "The cathedral of Saint-Pierre in Beauvais, France, is most famous as a failure--its choir vaults came crashing down in 1284--and only secondarily for its soaring beauty. This lavishly illustrated and elegantly written book represents the first serious look at the stunning collection of Gothic stained glass windows that has always dominated the experience of those who enter Beauvais Cathedral." [publisher]. N° de réf. du vendeur 154268