Language: en
Pages: 282
Pages: 282
French cathedrals and Gothic architecture.
Language: en
Pages: 307
Pages: 307
The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. This engrossing book surveys an era that has fired the historical imagination
Language: en
Pages: 282
Pages: 282
The description for this book, The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order, will be forthcoming.
Language: en
Pages: 328
Pages: 328
Language: en
Pages: 294
Pages: 294
"This is easily the best book I have seen on why the great cathedrals were built. The breadth of Scott's scholarship is astonishing. As well as art history and architecture, he brings to bear his knowledge of subjects as wide apart as engineering, the sociology of religion, and the medieval