High Gothic: The Classic Cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, Amiens
Jantzen, Hans
ISBN 10: 0691003726 ISBN 13: 9780691003726
Published by Princeton University Press, 1984
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This engaging study introduces the reader to one of the greatest achievements of Western art: the climactic phase of Gothic architecture in the first half of the thirteenth century. Through a comparative analysis of the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Amiens, the author illuminates the technical, theological, artistic, and social factors that formed the High Gothic synthesis. Drawing on a lifetime of scholarship, he successively characterizes the different parts of the Gothic cathedral and describes the human context of the three great buildings.
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"An uncommonly readable analysis of the major features of Gothic
architecture in its mature phase and an ideal introduction to the subject."--Walter Cahn, Yale University
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Title: High Gothic: The Classic Cathedrals of ...
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 1984
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
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