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Title: The Gothic Cathedral by Otto Georg Von Simson ISBN: 0-691-01867-7 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 July, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: The contextual foundations of Gothic Architecture
Comment: As an art historian, museum curator, and traveler to France I found this book very useful. Most books on Gothic Architecture look at style as though it exists for its own sake. Simson places the beginnings of Gothic Architecture into the intellectual and historical context that gave this archetectual style its birth. The two sections that I most enjoyed were the theology of light that Suger was trying to express through architecture and the historical/political life of Suger. Both of these elements had a profound effect on the developement and impact of the Abby Church of St. Denis. This book represents architectural history as it should be written. Simson's approach is only possible because of his ability to draw upon a broad and deep educational framework. Reading this book caused me to lament the shallowness of much of what passes for scholarly training and writing in our time. You don' t have to be an architectural historian to enjoy this book. But you should be passionate about ideas. Simson shows us how ideas have consequences. This is one of the best books I have ever read.
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Title: The Gothic Cathedral: The Architecture of the Great Church 1130-1530 by Christopher Wilson ISBN: 0500276811 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals: A Study of Medieval Vault Erection by John Fitchen ISBN: 0226252035 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: High Gothic the Classic Cathedrals of Chartres, Reims and Amiens by Hans Jantzen, James Palmes ISBN: 0691003726 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 March, 1984 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Abbot Suger on the Abbey Church of St. Denis and Its Art Treasures by Abbot Suger, Erwin Panofsky, Gerda Panofsky-Soergel ISBN: 0691003149 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 May, 1979 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Chartres Cathedral: Illustrations, Introductory Essay, Documents, Analysis, Criticism (Norton Critical Studies in Art History) by Robert Branner ISBN: 0393314383 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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