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The 11th and 12th centuries witnessed a transformation of European culture, from architecture and the visual arts to history, philosophy, theology and even law.
Author : Charles M. Radding
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300061307
The 11th and 12th centuries witnessed a transformation of European culture, from architecture and the visual arts to history, philosophy, theology and even law.
Author : Arthur Kingsley Porter
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Page : 396 pages
File Size : 43,87 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Architecture
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Author : Nicola Coldstream
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780192842763
Medieval architecture comprises much more than the traditional image of Gothic cathedrals and the castles of chivalry. A great variety of buildings--synagogues, halls, and barns--testify to the diverse communities and interests in western Europe in the centuries between 1150 and 1550. This book looks at their architecture from an entirely fresh perspective, shifting the emphasis away from such areas as France towards the creativity of other regions, including central Europe and Spain. Treating the subject thematically, Coldstream seeks out what all buildings, both religious and secular, have in common, and how they reflect the material and spiritual concerns of the people who built and used them. Furthermore, the author considers how and why, after four centuries of shaping the landscapes and urban patterns of Europe, medieval styles were superseded by classicism.
Author : Charles M. and William W. Clark Radding
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Page : pages
File Size : 50,38 MB
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Author : E. C. Fernie
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 11,99 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781852850340
Medieval Architecture and its Intellectual Context reflects the range of Peter Kidson's own interests and are united in following his approach to medieval architecture and art: a determination to see buildings and objects in the intellectual terms of the time in which they were created.
Author : Charles B. McClendon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0300106882
This book is the first devoted to the important innovations in architecture that took place in western Europe between the death of emperor Justinian in A.D. 565 and the tenth century. During this period of transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, the Early Christian basilica was transformed in both form and function.Charles B. McClendon draws on rich documentary evidence and archaeological data to show that the buildings of these three centuries, studied in isolation but rarely together, set substantial precedents for the future of medieval architecture. He looks at buildings of the so-called Dark Ages—monuments that reflected a new assimilation of seemingly antithetical “barbarian” and “classical” attitudes toward architecture and its decoration—and at the grand and innovative architecture of the Carolingian Empire. The great Romanesque and Gothic churches of subsequent centuries owe far more to the architectural achievements of the Early Middle Ages than has generally been recognized, the author argues.
Author : R. A. Stalley
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 38,18 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780192842237
Drawing on new work published over the past twenty years, the author offers a history of building in Western Europe from 300 to 1200. Medieval castles, church spires, and monastic cloisters are just some of the areas covered.
Author : Robert Bork
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,49 MB
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1351915134
This collection of essays presents the exciting and innovative work being done in the field of medieval architectural history by scholars affiliated with AVISTA, one of the most active sponsors of such research in the Anglo-American scholarly community. These studies constitute a snapshot of the range of new interpretive strategies being deployed by researchers in the reassessment of previous scholarship and identification of new modes of inquiry. In recent years, the study of medieval architecture has been transformed by the emergence of new critical perspectives and new technologies. The contributors to this book are among those at the forefront of these developments. Several of the essays present dramatic reinterpretations of canonical monuments including the Abbey of Saint-Denis, Beauvais Cathedral and Notre-Dame in Paris. Others consider broader methodological issues such as the applications of geometry, workshop practice, and the shaping of historical narratives. Still others demonstrate how high-tech scanning and visualization methods can enhance our understanding of construction methods and the behavior of buildings. The publication of this collection of pioneering essays should foster further exploration by clarifying the state of research, by establishing specific historical arguments, and by providing models of inquiry to inspire emerging scholars.
Author : Sir George Gilbert Scott
Publisher :
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 41,11 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Architecture, Gothic
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Author : William W. Clark
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,17 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0313326932
Contains primary source material.