The Gothic Stained Glass Of Reims Cathedral

Author : Meredith Parsons Lillich
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271037776
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gothic Stained Glass of Reims Cathedral written by Meredith Parsons Lillich and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the stained-glass windows in the Gothic cathedral of Reims within the context of the evolution of the French monarchy and medieval art"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Kathleen Nolan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351956892
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arts of the Medieval Cathedrals written by Kathleen Nolan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The touchstones of Gothic monumental art in France - the abbey church of Saint-Denis and the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Bourges - form the core of this collection dedicated to the memory of Anne Prache. The essays reflect the impact of Prache’s career, both as a scholar of wide-ranging interests and as a builder of bridges between the French and American academic communities. Thus the authors include scholars in France and the United States, both academics and museum professionals, while the thematic matrix of the book, divided into architecture, stained glass, and sculpture, reflects the multiple media explored by Prache during her long career. The essays employ a varied range of methodologies to explore Gothic monuments. The chapters in the architectural section include an intensive archeological analysis of the foundations of Reims Cathedral, the close reading of a late medieval literary text for a symbolic understanding of Paris, and essays that explore the medieval use of practical geometry in designing entire buildings and their components. Saint-Denis, Reims, and Chartres, all monuments studied by Prache, are discussed in the next part, on stained glass. These chapters demonstrate how old problems can be clarified by new evidence, whether from the accessibility of previously unknown archival information, for Reims, or through revelations that arise from restoration, at Chartres. These essays also include a study showing the complexity of making attributions for the storied glass of Saint-Denis. The final set of essays likewise takes different approaches to sculpture, whether constructing links to the liturgy at Reims, or discussing the meaning of a sculptural ensemble studied by Prache early in her career, the cloister of Notre-Dame-en-Vaux in Châlons-en-Champagne, or scrupulously examining the façade sculpture at Bourges Cathedral for insights into the design process. As a whole, the volume provides a window onto key directions in the study of

Author : Jennifer M. Feltman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315310317
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The North Transept of Reims Cathedral written by Jennifer M. Feltman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary volume in the AVISTA series is the first book to focus solely on the north transept of Reims Cathedral, the portion of the gothic building that served as the canons' primary entrance to the cathedral from their adjoining cloister in the thirteenth century. Despite the importance of its sculpture and stained glass, as well as its ritual use by the canons, the north transept remains one of the least understood portions of the cathedral--in part because its sequence of construction is so complex, even improvised. Until recently, important archaeological evidence of the transept's substructures was unavailable. This is, however, no longer the case. The current volume presents this new subterranean evidence alongside careful studies of the stones above ground, analysis of the geometry used in the transept's design, iconographic and stylistic studies of its sculpture and glass, and extant medieval documents, which record events bearing upon its construction. Essays by international specialists of the cathedral's archaeology, architecture, sculpture, and stained glass address issues of the north transept's evolving design and visual programs, thereby significantly clarifying and revising the building's chronology. Essays also consider the meaning of its visual programs in light of architectural adaptation and contemporary socio-historical events--whether royal coronations or the infamous revolts of the local burghers. In addition to presenting a readily accessible state of the research on the north transept, the volume also provides a model for interdisciplinary and international collaboration in the study of medieval buildings.

Author : Hans Jantzen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691003726
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Gothic written by Hans Jantzen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1984-03-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging study introduces the reader to one of the greatest achievements of Western art: the climactic phase of Gothic architecture in the first half of the thirteenth century. Through a comparative analysis of the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Amiens, the author illuminates the technical, theological, artistic, and social factors that formed the High Gothic synthesis. Drawing on a lifetime of scholarship, he successively characterizes the different parts of the Gothic cathedral and describes the human context of the three great buildings.

Author : DonnaL. Sadler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351552163
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Reverse Fa?e of Reims Cathedral written by DonnaL. Sadler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though long recognized as one of the most beautiful works from the second half of the thirteenth century, the magnificent sculptural program of the reverse fa?e at Reims Cathedral has received little in the way of scholarly attention. Interpreting the iconography in the light of Latin texts associated with the building, its history and its ceremonial use, Donna Sadler assesses the significance of the reverse fa?e in light of other thirteenth-century visual programs associated with the court of Louis IX. The book's chapters deal with the history of the cathedral and its architectural antecedents; the iconographic message of the visual program, the meaning of the reverse fa?e and how it intersects with the overall iconography; the function of the verso and how it is enhanced by the marriage of form and content; and a consideration of contemporary works linked to the court of Saint Louis, concluding with a brief look at the new roles sculpture assumes as it migrates inside cathedrals. Ultimately this book reveals how the imagery on the reverse fa?e not only conforms to a system of memory and mode of medieval narratology, but also articulates a dominant ideological position regarding the interdependence of ecclesiastical and royal powers.

Author : Whitney S. Stoddard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429973764
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art And Architecture In Medieval France written by Whitney S. Stoddard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an English-language study on the architecture and art of medieval France of the Romanesque and Gothic periods between 1000-1500. In addition to essays on individual monuments there are general discussions of given periods and specific problems such as: why did Gothic come into being? Whitney Stoddard explores the interrelationship between all forms of medieval ecclesiastical art and characterization of the Gothic cathedral, which he believes to have an almost metaphysical basis.

Author : Imi Knoebel
Publisher : Kerber Verlag
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imi Knoebel written by Imi Knoebel and published by Kerber Verlag. This book was released on 2011 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imi Knoebel, one of the most important contemporary abstract painters, has concentrated for over 15 years on the primary colours of blue, yellow and red; these have a similar architectural function to that of foundation stones. Based on the artist's proposal – an abstract composition of these colours – in 2008 Knoebel received a commission to design six church windows for the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Reims.These have been inaugurated in June 2011 in this high Gothic cathedral where the French kings were crowned. This opulent volume provides both a richly colourful documentation and an in-depth description of the entire project, which, following the tradition of Marc Chagall and Brigitte Simon who both designed church windows, creates a fascinating symbiosis between the old and the new.

Author : Stan Parry
Publisher : Oro Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781939621788
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Gothic Cathedrals of France written by Stan Parry and published by Oro Editions. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Gothic Cathedrals of France guides readers on a tour of twelve French cathedrals that best exemplify one of the greatest glories of Western civilization. From the beautiful facade of Notre-Dame in Paris to the transcendent beauty of the stained glass at Chartres, this book clarifies the significant elements of their architecture by means of its text and images. The cathedrals of Amiens, Paris, Saint Denis, Chartres, Reims, Laon, Noyon, Soissons, Sens, Beauvais, Bourges and Troyes as well as Sainte-Chapelle are all presented to give the reader and visitor to France a clear understanding of these extraordinary buildings. This publication also provides the reader with a chapter on how to "read" a stained glass window.

Author : Louis Grodecki
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gothic Stained Glass, 1200-1300 written by Louis Grodecki and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Whitney S. Stoddard
Publisher : Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monastery and Cathedral in France written by Whitney S. Stoddard and published by Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: