Title: How to Build a Cathedral: Constructing the Story of a Medieval Masterpiece
Publisher: Prospero Books
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN 10: 1552675718
ISBN 13: 9781552675717
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Weight: 2.95 pounds

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Gothic cathedrals are astonishing feats of construction and engrineering, from a period before steel frames and machine tools, breathtaking in their scale and grandeur even hundreds of years after these historic symbols of the Christian faith were built. Focusing on the golden age of cathedral construction, How to Build a Cathedral looks at each element of the structure in turn, from the ground plan to the topping out of the spire, and explains the medieval building process in detail. With text by a leading architectural historian, and sidebars telling the stories of the men behind the stones, this information packed volume is an illuminating portrait of the genius of the medieval architect. Explores and explains the building of these masterpieces from the ground plan to raising the spire. Beautiful engravings, speciallly commissioned illustrations, and vertical foldout pages allow a detailed examination of cathedral construction. A sixteen page colour section enhances the appreciation of medieval building techniques, stained glass, and coloured stonework.

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