Medieval architecture / Nicola Coldstream.

Main entry:

Coldstream, Nicola.

Title & Author:

Medieval architecture / Nicola Coldstream.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm

Series:

Oxford history of art

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.
What we now vulgarly call the Gothic -- Structure and design -- Patron and builder -- Architectural space -- Symbolic architecture : representation and association -- Innovation and commemoration -- The future that archives.

Summary:

"Medieval architecture comprises more than the traditional image of Gothic cathedrals and the castles of chivalry. A great variety of buildings - synagogues, halls, and barns - testifies to the diverse communities and interests in western Europe in the centuries between 1150 and 1550." "This book looks at their architecture from an entirely fresh perspective. It shifts the emphasis away from such areas as France towards the creativity of other regions, including central Europe and Spain. It treats the subject thematically, seeking what all buildings, both religious and secular, have in common, and how they reflect the material and spiritual concerns of the people who built and used them. It considers how and why, after four centuries of shaping the landscapes and urban patterns of Europe, medieval styles were superseded by classicism."--Jacket.

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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0192842765 (paperback)
9780192842763 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture, Medieval.
Architecture médiévale.
Architecture and Planning.
Architektur
Mittelalter
Bouwkunst.
Arquitectura medieval.
Geschichte 1150-1550.
Historic buildings
Europa

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Oxford history of art.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 223895
Call No.: NA440 .C6 2002
Status: Available

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