Universe of Stone A Biography of Chartres Cathedral |
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| Author:
| Ball, Philip |
| ISBN: | 978-0-06-115429-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2008 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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| Imprint: | Harper |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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A well written study of Gothic architecture, and Chartres Cathedral in particular, looking at the theological and philosophical ideas on which it was founded, and the practicalities of its construction to ultimately aim to show what it may have "meant" to a medieval viewer.
A well written study of Gothic architecture, and Chartres Cathedral in particular, looking at the theological and philosophical ideas on which it was founded, and the practicalities of its construction to ultimately aim to show what it may have "meant" to a medieval viewer.