Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral |
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| Author:
| Burckhardt, Titus |
| Foreword by:
| James, John W. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-933316-77-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Publisher: | World Wisdom, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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This new and revised edition of Titus Burckhardt's masterpiece, Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral, is a richly colored window onto the lofty intellectual and spiritual climate that conceived the marvel that is Gothic architecture. Featuring a new appendix with three sections, and a new Foreword by John James, a world authority on Chartres, as well as 25 new illustrations, it cannot fail to inspire the reader to become a pilgrim to Chartres.
This new and revised edition of Titus Burckhardt's masterpiece, Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral, is a richly colored window onto the lofty intellectual and spiritual climate that conceived the marvel that is Gothic architecture. Featuring a new appendix with three sections, and a new Foreword by John James, a world authority on Chartres, as well as 25 new illustrations, it cannot fail to inspire the reader to become a pilgrim to Chartres.