Main entry:

Silva, José Custódio Vieira da.

Title & Author:

The Monastery of Batalha / José Custódio Vieira da Silva, Pedro Redol ; [text translated from the Portuguese by Isabel Varea].

Publication:

London : Scala ; [Lisbon] : IPPAR, 2007.
©2007.

Description:

128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 128).
The Foundation of the Monastery / Jose Custodio Vieira Da Silva -- The Construction Process and the Architects / Jose Custodio Vieira Da Silva -- Influences and Repercussions / Jose Custodio Vieira Da Silva -- The Church / Jose Custodio Vieira Da Silva -- The Founder's Chapel / Jose Custodio Vieira Da Silva -- The Royal Cloister / Jose Custodio Vieira Da Silva -- The Chapter House / Jose Custodio Vieira Da Silva -- The Monks' Dormitory (Friars' Wine Cellar) and the Refectory / Jose Custodio Vieira Da Silva -- The Afonso V Cloister / Jose Custodio Vieira Da Silva -- The Unfinished Chapels / Jose Custodio Vieira Da Silva -- The Windows / Pedro Redol.

Summary:

"The Monastery of Batalha was founded to commemorate victory at the Battle of Aljubarrota, fought close to the present site in 1385. It quickly became one of the most important monastic establishments in Portugal, housing the pantheon of the newly established royal house of Aviz." "Built in European Late Gothic style, and strongly influenced by contemporary Mediterranean architecture, it contains fine examples of the flamboyant decorations of the period and the elegant, slender lines - clear to see in the Afonso V Cloister - that preceded the formal austerity of the mid-fifteenth century and the new forms of the Renaissance. These are not much in evidence here, since, after King Manuel's death, his successors lost interest in the building."
"There is no finer example of the imaginative exuberance of the architects and sculptors who worked on the Monastery of Batalha than the famous Unfinished Chapels. Here, the complicated stone lacework has captured the curiosity and romantic imaginings of many generations. Visitors have always been equally fascinated by the fact that, because they were never completed, the chapels remain open to the sky."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781857593822 (paperback)
1857593820 (paperback)

Subject:

Batalha (Monastery)
Kloster Batalha
Batalha (Portugal) Kloster.
Monasteries Portugal Batalha (Leiria)
Architecture, Gothic Portugal Batalha (Leiria)
Architecture, Medieval Portugal Batalha (Leiria)
Church architecture Portugal Batalha (Leiria)
Architecture gothique Portugal Batalha (Leiria)
Architecture médiévale Portugal Batalha (Leiria)
Architecture chrétienne Portugal Batalha (Leiria)
21.70 religious architecture.
Architecture, Gothic.
Architecture, Medieval.
Buildings.
Church architecture.
Monasteries.
Batalha (Leiria, Portugal) Buildings, structures, etc.
Batalha (Portugal) Sakralbau.
Portugal Batalha (Leiria)

Added entries:

Redol, Pedro.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277563
Call No.: BIB 212418
Status: Available