Building the Medieval World (Getty Publications – (Yale)) - Hardcover

Sciacca, Christine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1606060066 ISBN 13: 9781606060063

Publisher: Getty Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Some of the great and lasting achievements of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are the architectural wonders of soaring cathedrals, grand castles and palaces. While many of these edifices survive, many more are lost, and it is within the pages of illuminated manuscripts that we often find the best record of the appearance of these amazing buildings. This volume illustrates the creative ways in which medieval artists represented architecture, offering insight into what these buildings meant for medieval people. Such structures were not just made to be inhabited - they symbolised grandeur, power, and even heaven on earth. 'Building the Medieval World' is fourth in the popular Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books drawing on manuscript illumination in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme and provides an accessible, delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world.

About this title

Review:

"A feast for the eyes."--The Bloomsbury Review

About the Author:

Christine Sciacca is assistant curator in the Department of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

About this edition

• Publisher: Getty Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1606060066
• ISBN 13: 9781606060063
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96