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In Search of the Unknown in Medieval Architecture
John James is an Australian architect and medieval historian. Since 1969 he has been searching for the origins of the Gothic style, beginning with a five-year study of Chartres cathedral. At that time there were no coherent techniques for analysing the detailed construction history of existing stone structures. This he created. He expanded his research to include all the early Gothic churches in the Paris region with a three-year survey of over 3500 buildings. His most important discovery has been that all churches of this period were constructed in many short campaigns by mobile building teams, and that major innovation was more likely to occur in the smaller buildings than in the larger. This volume makes available 42 of the author's studies on the development of Gothic architecture in France.
Paris 1937
This elegant and theoretically informed book, illustrated with forty-five photographs, explores the cultural significance of six exhibitions or new museum installations, all opening in Paris between mid-1937 and early 1938: the commercially oriented world's fair titled L'Exposition Internationale des Art et Techniques; the historical Musée des Monuments Français; the ethnographic Musée de l'Homme; two massive art retrospectives, one sponsored by the state of France and the other by the municipality of Paris; and L'Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme.James D. Herbert capitalizes on the proximity of these disparate exhibits to show how they competed with and yet also complemented one ...
Reading the Reverse Fa?e of Reims Cathedral
Though long recognized as one of the most beautiful works from the second half of the thirteenth century, the magnificent sculptural program of the reverse fa?e at Reims Cathedral has received little in the way of scholarly attention. Interpreting the iconography in the light of Latin texts associated with the building, its history and its ceremonial use, Donna Sadler assesses the significance of the reverse fa?e in light of other thirteenth-century visual programs associated with the court of Louis IX. The book's chapters deal with the history of the cathedral and its architectural antecedents; the iconographic message of the visual program, the meaning of the reverse fa?e and how it inters...
Seeing Beyond the Word
This collection of essays seeks to redefine the discussion of Calvinism's impact on the visual arts through an exploration of Reformed artistic influences in England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, and America. 200+ illustrations, many in color.
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Melusine's Footprint
In Melusine’s Footprint: Tracing the Legacy of a Medieval Myth, editors Misty Urban, Deva Kemmis, and Melissa Ridley Elmes offer an invigorating international and interdisciplinary examination of the legendary fairy Melusine. Along with fresh insights into the popular French and German traditions, these essays investigate Melusine’s English, Dutch, Spanish, and Chinese counterparts and explore her roots in philosophy, folklore, and classical myth. Combining approaches from art history, history, alchemy, literature, cultural studies, and medievalism, applying rigorous critical lenses ranging from feminism and comparative literature to film and monster theory, this volume brings Melusine s...
Transformation and Tradition in the Sciences
A collection of essays on the development of science and the history of ideas.
The Lithic Garden
The Lithic Garden addresses the formal, symbolic, and ideological functions of foliate ornament in medieval French churches, offering remarkable new insights on the complex relationship between organic and figural sculptures, interior and exterior design, sacred and profane spaces, and artistic form and liturgy.
Un chantier flamboyant et son rayonnement
"Le Vexin français est l'une des régions de l'hexagone dont le paysage monumental a été le plus profondément marqué par la diffusion de l'art flamboyant. L'étude sur un demi-siècle (1495-1548) de la reconstruction de la grande église de Gisors permet, grâce à une exceptionnelle documentation écrite, de saisir les composantes humaines, matérielles et formelles de ce qui fut l'un des plus grands chantiers du temps aux confins de la Normandie, de la Picardie et de l'Île-de-France. La confrontation des textes et des édifices avec leur décor permet de comprendre la complexité et la diversité des formes du gothique tardif qui, ici, fit preuve d'une vitalité insoupçonnée, préparant le terrain à l'italianisme et au classicisme de la Renaissance. En établissant la place de l'église de Gisors dans l'évolution de l'art flamboyant français et en délimitant les contours de son rayonnement régional, cette étude offre un jalon important dans la compréhension d'un phénomène majeur dans l'art européen de la fin du Moyen Âge mais qui reste jusqu'à présent méconnu en France."--Page 4 of cover.
