The Gothic cathedral  -  Otto Georg von Simson

origins of Gothic architecture and the medieval concept of order

KORTE INHOUD

The classic work on Gothic religious architecture, now with added illustrations and a new section by the author on rose windows

No other monument of a culture so radically different from our own is as much a part of contemporary life as the Gothic cathedral. In this illuminating book, esteemed art historian Otto Georg von Simson explores how Gothic architecture is an expression of supernatural reality, and shows how, to those who designed and worshipped in the great cathedrals of France in the twelfth and th...
1988 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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1988 Uitgever: Princeton University Press 282 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0691018677 ISBN-13: 9780691018676