Artistic Integration in Gothic Buildings - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802004571 ISBN 13: 9780802004574

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1995

Synopsis

Sixteen revised papers presented at the conference on [title], held at York University, Toronto, in April 1989. Several essays discuss monuments that have stood at the core of medieval art-historical studies: the cathedrals of Durham, Wells, Chartres, Reims, Poitiers, Strasbourg, and Naumburg; the abbey of Saint-Denis; and the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. Others are more theoretical studies of the historiography of modern scholarship: the classification of periods, styles, and concepts; and the issue of liturgy in its broadest definition, as the use of the building by those owning and operating it. Includes about 60 b&w photos and drawings, but lacks an index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Synopsis

Sixteen revised papers presented at the conference on [title], held at York University, Toronto, in April 1989. Several essays discuss monuments that have stood at the core of medieval art-historical studies: the cathedrals of Durham, Wells, Chartres, Reims, Poitiers, Strasbourg, and Naumburg; the abbey of Saint-Denis; and the Sainte-Chapelle in Pa

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802004571
• ISBN 13: 9780802004574
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 348
• Editor: Raguin Virginia Chieffo, Brush Kathryn, Draper Peter