The Architecture Of The Cistercians

Author : Michael Carter
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9782503581934
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art and Architecture of the Cistercians in Northern England, C.1300-1540 written by Michael Carter and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cistercian abbeys of northern England provide some of the finest monastic remains in all of Europe, and much has been written on their twelfth- and thirteenth-century architecture. The present study is the first in-depth analysis of the art and architecture of these northern houses and nunneries in the late Middle Ages, and questions many long-held opinions about the Order's perceived decline during the period c.1300-1540. Extensive building works were conducted between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries at well-known abbeys such as Byland, Fountains, Kirkstall, and Rievaulx, and also at lesser-known houses including Calder and Holm Cultram, and at many convents of Cistercian nuns. This study examines the motives of Cistercian patrons and the extent to which the Order continued to enjoy the benefaction of lay society. Featuring over a hundred illustrations and eight colour plates, this book demonstrates that the Cistercians remained at the forefront of late medieval artistic developments, and also shows how the Order expressed its identity in its visual and material cultures until the end of the Middle Ages.

Author : Maximilian Sternberg
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004251812
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cistercian Architecture and Medieval Society written by Maximilian Sternberg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cistercian Architecture and Medieval Society Maximilian Sternberg offers an account of the social functions of the built environment in medieval monasticism. Few medieval monuments hold so privileged a place in the modern imagination as Cistercian abbeys, yet Sternberg suggests, it is precisely our own, peculiarly modern fascination with the idea of 'Cistercian aesthetics' that has hindered a full view of the complex social meanings of their architecture. This book draws attention instead to the practical and symbolic means by which architecture helped the Cistercians to negotiate the dense web of relations that, in actuality, bound them to other spheres of medieval society. It explores the permeability of monastic boundaries, and considers their effectiveness in reconciling a simultaneous need for interaction and distance between monastic communities and these other social spheres.

Author : Terryl Kinder
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810941168
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architecture of Silence written by Terryl Kinder and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE EARLY CISTERCIAN ABBEYS of France have long been revered for their exquisitely proportioned spaces and ethereal acoustics. Together with the great cathedrals, these remarkable medieval buildings embody the profound mastery of architecture that blossomed in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Europe. Built by the Cistercian order of monks nearly 900 years ago, these structures are renowned among contemporary architects and artists for the austere, almost minimal nature of their design and construction. Cistercian architecture draws together the fundamentals of masonry and geometry to create a harmony of stone and light, of uncluttered interior volumes and modest external masses. The buildings and ruins that remain today are immensely, almost unspeakably refined. Upon entering le Thoronet or Senanque, Fontenay or Silvacane, one is deeply touched by the quality of the silence and the light. Free by design of distracting details, these are places of recollection, of concentration, of serenity. "Every force evolves a form", wrote the American Shakers, who mirrored the original Cistercian impulse in both their values and their refined craftsmanship. If the first force that shaped Cistercian architecture was a quest for the spiritual life through simplicity, the second was the constructive genius of architects and masons who perceived in that simplicity an occasion to practice their art with astonishing intelligence and sensitivity. David Heald's luminous photographs provide an extraordinary record of exploration through more than a decade of periodic visits to Cistercian places throughout France. He puts before us not just views but moments -- moments when light enters a space or fallson an exterior in ways that illuminate and reveal. His evocative photographs offer loving witness to the bare brilliance, power, and subtlety of early Cistercian architecture. The text by Terryl N. Kinder offers a concise introduction to the history and milieu of the early Cistercians and the forces that brought forth the architecture. Her discussion of the Rule of Saint Benedict and its meaning for the Cistercians, both ancient and contemporary, provides a foundation for understanding these buildings that is informed by the most recent scholarship and archeological research.

Author : Edmund Sharpe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of the Cistercians written by Edmund Sharpe and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mette Birkedal Bruun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107001315
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Cistercian Order written by Mette Birkedal Bruun and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the Order's figureheads, practical life and spiritual horizon, and its contribution to medieval Europe's religious, cultural and political climate.

Author : J. -F. Leroux-Dhuys
Publisher : H.F.Ullmann Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783848004188
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cistercian Abbeys written by J. -F. Leroux-Dhuys and published by H.F.Ullmann Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents masterpieces of Cistercian architecture in France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Spain and Italy.

Author : Edmund Sharpe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of the Cistercians: General plan written by Edmund Sharpe and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Norton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521181358
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cistercian Art and Architecture in the British Isles written by Christopher Norton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From their introduction in the early twelfth century the Cistercians were one of the leading monastic orders in Britain. Many of the finest monastic remains - Fountains, Rievaulx and Tintern - are Cistercian. This 1986 book is a comprehensive survey of Cistercian art and architecture in the British Isles. The various contributions, all by leading specialists, cover the historical and literary background; the development of Cistercian architecture (especially in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when the Cistercians were in the forefront of architectural achievement, playing an important role in the introduction and dissemination of the Gothic style); and art forms such as wall painting, stained glass, tile pavements, and manuscript illumination, as well as liturgy and music. These studies reveal what was distinctively Cistercian in the art and architecture of the Order, and permit a distinct understanding of the remarkable contribution of the Cistercians to the culture of medieval Britain.

Author : Janet E. Burton
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 184383667X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cistercians in the Middle Ages written by Janet E. Burton and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cistercians (White Monks) were the most successful monastic experiment to emerge from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the 11th and 12th centuries. This book seeks to explore the phenomenon that was the Cistercian Order.

Author : Edmund Sharpe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of the Cistercians written by Edmund Sharpe and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: