French Gothic Architecture of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
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adventure of imagination
art and architecture
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comprehensive maps
eleven forty
end of 13th century
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france
gothic architecture
great cathedrals of northern france
handling space and light
history of gothic architecture
illustrated
invented in paris region
mechanics of stone construction
medieval european civilization
radical technical advances
Product details
- ISBN 9780520055865
- Weight: 1860g
- Dimensions: 210 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 24 Jun 1985
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Gothic architecture is the most visible and striking product of medieval European civilization. Jean Bony, whose reputation as a medievalist is worldwide, presents its development as an adventure of the imagination allied with radical technical advances - the result of a continuing quest for new ways of handling space and light as well as experimenting with the mechanics of stone construction. He shows how the new architecture came unexpectedly to be invented in the Paris region around 1140 and follows its history - in the great cathedrals of northern France and dozens of other key buildings - to the end of the thirteenth century, when profound changes occurred in the whole fabric of medieval civilization. Rich illustrations, including comprehensive maps, enhance the text and themselves constitute an exceptionally valuable documentation. Despite its evident scholarly intention, this book is not meant for specialists alone, but is conceived as a progressive infiltration into the complexities of history at work, revealing its unpredictable vitality to the uninitiated curious mind.
