Believing and seeing: the art of Gothic cathedrals

Gothic architecture: technology and symbolism -- Ornament, style, and space -- The seen and the unseen -- Architecture and the "connoisseurs" -- The carved image and its functions -- Models, transmission of forms and types, and working methods

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Main Author: Recht, Roland 1941- (Author)
Contributors: Whittall, Mary
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] University of Chicago Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:Believing and seeing. The art of Gothic cathedrals. By Roland Recht. (Trans. by Mary Writtall of Le Croire et le voir: l'art des cathédrals [XIIe-XVe siècle], Éditions Gallimard, 1999.) Pp. xi+376 incl. 85 ills. Chicago–London: The University of Chicago Press, 2008. £23.50 (45). 978 0 226 70606 1 (2010) (Binski, Paul)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church building / Symbolism (Theology) / History 1100-1500
B Church building / Visual perception / Experience of faith / History 1100-1500
B Gothic / Church building / Visual perception / Experience of faith
Further subjects:B Art, Gothic
B Cathedrals
B History 1100-1500
B Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500
B France
B Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500
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Summary:Gothic architecture: technology and symbolism -- Ornament, style, and space -- The seen and the unseen -- Architecture and the "connoisseurs" -- The carved image and its functions -- Models, transmission of forms and types, and working methods
Item Description:"Originally published as Le Croire et le voir: l'art des cathédrals (XIIe-XVe siècle), Éditions Gallimard, 1999"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-359) and indexes
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0226706060

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