The Gothic cathedral the architecture of the great church, 1130-1530, with 221 illustrations /
Wilson, Christopher, 1948-
The Gothic cathedral the architecture of the great church, 1130-1530, with 221 illustrations / Book : Christopher Wilson. - Repr. with revisions. - 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Reprint. First published in the US in 1990; first paperback ed. 1992; reprinted with revisions, 2000; reprinted 2011.
Hundreds of these great churches were built throughout Europe in a rich variety of styles between c. 1130 and c. 1530, all of them representing an investment of money and effort so immense that it is difficult to find a modern parallel. Christopher Wilson focuses here on the interaction between design and the requirements of patrons, following the creative processes of architects by reconstructing the problems and opportunities that they faced. He discusses chronology, structural techniques, and stylistic developments and then goes further, seeing the story as a sequence of choices from which new challenges and solutions arose. 221 illustrations.
All. All.
9780500276815 (paperback)
Cathedrals--Europe.
Architecture, Gothic--Europe.
Architecture, Medieval--Europe.
Upholstery--Conservation and restoration.
726.6094
The Gothic cathedral the architecture of the great church, 1130-1530, with 221 illustrations / Book : Christopher Wilson. - Repr. with revisions. - 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Reprint. First published in the US in 1990; first paperback ed. 1992; reprinted with revisions, 2000; reprinted 2011.
Hundreds of these great churches were built throughout Europe in a rich variety of styles between c. 1130 and c. 1530, all of them representing an investment of money and effort so immense that it is difficult to find a modern parallel. Christopher Wilson focuses here on the interaction between design and the requirements of patrons, following the creative processes of architects by reconstructing the problems and opportunities that they faced. He discusses chronology, structural techniques, and stylistic developments and then goes further, seeing the story as a sequence of choices from which new challenges and solutions arose. 221 illustrations.
All. All.
9780500276815 (paperback)
Cathedrals--Europe.
Architecture, Gothic--Europe.
Architecture, Medieval--Europe.
Upholstery--Conservation and restoration.
726.6094