Gothic Architecture (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (687 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300087993 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 408 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Ray said Scholarly Classic in the Field of Gothic Architecture. This scholarly survey of gothic architecture is rightly considered a classic in the field. Consisting of the original text by Frankl, an instructor at Princeton who greatly advanced the subject amongst the English speaking world, and a studious and comprehensive commentary by Paul Crossley, a lecturer and got. Spirit of the Age of Gothic Architecture Frankl has an interpretive framework that is the culmination of the early 20th C German ideas about architecture as an expression of the zeitgeist of it's period. I found it stimulating and fascinating. The book has many high quality images.. Five Stars Another beautiful book about Gothic cathedrals in Europe, filled with so much indispensable information about them.
Paul Crossley is senior lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, University of London. Paul Frankl, who taught at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, was the author of The Gothic: Literary Interpretations Through Eight Centuries. He is the author of The Architecture of Kasimir the Great: Architecture in Lesser Poland, 1320–1380.
In this edition Paul Crossley has revised the original text to take into account the proliferation of recent literature—books, reviews, exhibition catalogues, and periodicals—that have emerged in a variety of languages. Ranging geographically from Poland to Portugal and from Sicily to Scotland and chronologically from 1093 to 1530, the book analyzes changes from Romanesque to Gothic as well as the evolution within the Gothic style and places these changes in the context of the creative spirit of the Middle Ages. It is single-minded in its pursuit of the general principles that informed all aspects of Gothic architecture and its culture. In its breadth of outlook, its command of detail, and its theoretical enterprise, Frankl’s book has few equals in the ambitious Pelican History of Art series. New illustrations have also been included.. This magisterial study of Gothic architecture traces the meaning and development of the Gothic style through medieval churches across Europe
From the Publisher Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series