Murray Notre-Dame of Amiens

Life of the Gothic Cathedral
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55147-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten

Reihe: Columbiana

Notre-Dame of Amiens is one of the great Gothic cathedrals. In this beautifully illustrated magisterial chronicle, Stephen Murray tells the cathedral’s story from the overlapping perspectives of the social groups connected to it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murray, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Völkerwanderung und Mittelalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Sakralbauten
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Visiting the Cathedral
2. The Portals: Unscrambling the Plot
3. Clergy, Artisans, and Laypeople: Makers and Users
4. Telling the Story of the Great Enterprise, I, 1220–c. 1300: Incomplete Completion
5. Telling the Story of the Great Enterprise, II, c. 1300–1530: Continuing Work, Immediate Danger, Triumphant End
6. Liturgical Performance: Angels in the Architecture
Epilogue
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Murray is Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History Emeritus at Columbia University. His books include Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens: The Power of Change in Gothic (1996); A Gothic Sermon: Making a Contract with the Mother of God, Saint Mary of Amiens (2004); and Plotting Gothic (2015).