Main entry:

Faure, Daniel.

Title & Author:

Cloisters of Europe : gardens of prayer / photographs by Daniel Faure ; text by Véronique Rouchon Mouilleron ; translated from the French by Deke Dusinberre.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Viking Studio, ©2001.

Description:

189 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
Originally published as: Cloîtres : jardins de prières. Paris : Flammarion, ©2000.
Originally published as: Cloîtres : jardins de prières. Paris : Flammarion, c2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186).
Cloisters : form and function. -- Hortuc conclusus -- Monks and monasteries -- Cloistered life -- Urban cloisters -- The beauty of cloisters -- Cloister as book -- Photo album. A world enclosed -- Shadow and color -- Sculpted gardens -- Figures and tales.

Summary:

A loving celebration of Medieval architecture and spirituality takes readers deep into the cloistered heart of the middle ages in search of the Gothic arches and stonework that once resonated the whispers and chants of monks.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

0670030252
9780670030255

Subject:

Monasteries Pictorial works.
Cloisters (Architecture) Pictorial works.
Architecture, Medieval Pictorial works.
Cloîtres (Galeries) Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture médiévale Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture, Medieval
Cloisters (Architecture)
Monasteries

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Rouchon-Mouilleron, Véronique.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 245875
Call No.: BIB 175487
Status: Available