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Keith D. Lilley argues that the medieval mind considered the city truly a microcosm: much more than a collection of houses, a city also represented a scaled-down version of the very order and organization of the cosmos. Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, including original accounts, visual art, science, literature, and architectural history, City and Cosmos offers an(...)
City & cosmos : the medieval world in urban form
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Keith D. Lilley argues that the medieval mind considered the city truly a microcosm: much more than a collection of houses, a city also represented a scaled-down version of the very order and organization of the cosmos. Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, including original accounts, visual art, science, literature, and architectural history, City and Cosmos offers an innovative interpretation of how medieval Christians infused their urban surroundings with meaning.
History until 1900, Middle Ages
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The popular image of the traditional western city has usually been dominated by the cathedral, whose sheer size seemed to create an isolated physical and spiritual focal point. In this iconoclastic study, the author sets out to reverse some of the romantic myths which have accrued about the medieval cathedral, in particular that the cathedral was a separate entity,(...)
The cathedral: the social and architectural dynamics of construction
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The popular image of the traditional western city has usually been dominated by the cathedral, whose sheer size seemed to create an isolated physical and spiritual focal point. In this iconoclastic study, the author sets out to reverse some of the romantic myths which have accrued about the medieval cathedral, in particular that the cathedral was a separate entity, self-sufficient, sublime and apart. Here the cathedral is shown to be a dynamic, evolving and unpredictable force in the development of the medieval city. Taking France as the main focus, but including material on England, Germany, Italy, Spain and Bohemia, the author describes the growth of diocesan authority and the consequent experiments in the layout of cathedral plans.
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Larousse des cathédrales
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La découverte de près de 100 cathédrales depuis les origines chrétiennes jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Les grandes étapes de leur construction, leurs caractéristiques architecturales et décoratives sont présentées.
Larousse des cathédrales
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La découverte de près de 100 cathédrales depuis les origines chrétiennes jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Les grandes étapes de leur construction, leurs caractéristiques architecturales et décoratives sont présentées.
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Bâtir au Moyen Âge
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Charpentiers, maçons, tailleurs de pierre, etc. : c'est toute la vie quotidienne des chantiers du Moyen-Age qui est restituée ici. Importance de la main-d'oeuvre, fourniture et prix des matériaux, outillage, transport, répartition du travail, hiérarchie et salaires, place de l'architecte, diversité des lieux investis par les constructeurs et rôle de la loge où(...)
Bâtir au Moyen Âge
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Charpentiers, maçons, tailleurs de pierre, etc. : c'est toute la vie quotidienne des chantiers du Moyen-Age qui est restituée ici. Importance de la main-d'oeuvre, fourniture et prix des matériaux, outillage, transport, répartition du travail, hiérarchie et salaires, place de l'architecte, diversité des lieux investis par les constructeurs et rôle de la loge où travaillent apprentis et compagnons : Philippe Bernardi raconte comment l'on bâtissait au temps des cathédrales. Traitant des divers types de constructions de l'Europe occidentale, et des apports les plus récents de la recherche (sources écrites, iconographiques, archéologiques ou issues des laboratoires), il rend vivante autant qu'il l'élargit l'histoire de ces artisans du Moyen-Âge.
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This book offers new perspectives on the role of vegetal ornament in medieval church design. Focusing on an extensive series of foliate friezes articulating iconic French monuments, such as Cluny III, Amiens Cathedral, and Mont-Saint-Michel, it demonstrates that church builders strategically used organic motifs to integrate the interior and exterior of their structures,(...)
The lithic garden: Nature and the transformation of the medieval church
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This book offers new perspectives on the role of vegetal ornament in medieval church design. Focusing on an extensive series of foliate friezes articulating iconic French monuments, such as Cluny III, Amiens Cathedral, and Mont-Saint-Michel, it demonstrates that church builders strategically used organic motifs to integrate the interior and exterior of their structures, and to reinforce the connections and distinctions between the entirety of the sacred edifice and the profane world beyond its boundaries.
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In order to analyze the phenomenon of late Gothic “Cell Vaults“, it is essential to understand the building process, the characteristics of the specifications formulated in planning, and the design criteria for these structures. On one hand, the reasons for the invention of this particular type of vaulted ceiling in the late 15th century and its spread over a large area(...)
History until 1900, Middle Ages
November 2016
Traces of making: shape, design and construction of late Gothic vaults
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In order to analyze the phenomenon of late Gothic “Cell Vaults“, it is essential to understand the building process, the characteristics of the specifications formulated in planning, and the design criteria for these structures. On one hand, the reasons for the invention of this particular type of vaulted ceiling in the late 15th century and its spread over a large area are usually viewed from a technological standpoint. On the other hand, the appearance of these vaults, in particular the character of their curves and surfaces, can only be described against this background. As it happens, we have no recourse to contemporary information regarding the construction techniques or the design specifications of cell vaults. This constitutes a methodological problem: how is it possible, starting from the existing artifact, to formulate a clear idea of not only the production of the vaults but also the decision-making and communication processes associated with their making? Within the research project “Form, Construction and Design Principles of late Gothic Cell Vaults – ‘Reverse Engineering’ and Experimental Archaeology”, ways of thinking about the genesis of these particular vaults are formulated.
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La ville médiévale
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Au cours du Moyen Âge se dessinent les contours d'une nouvelle Europe urbaine. Elle constitue l'armature du réseau des villes actuelles. Peut-on parler de « ville médiévale » ? En tout cas avec l'implosion du monde romain, la ville de l'Antiquité disparaît lentement tandis qu'apparaissent de nouvelles réalités urbaines qui ne se laissent plus circonscrire par le cadre(...)
La ville médiévale
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Au cours du Moyen Âge se dessinent les contours d'une nouvelle Europe urbaine. Elle constitue l'armature du réseau des villes actuelles. Peut-on parler de « ville médiévale » ? En tout cas avec l'implosion du monde romain, la ville de l'Antiquité disparaît lentement tandis qu'apparaissent de nouvelles réalités urbaines qui ne se laissent plus circonscrire par le cadre politique et spatial de la cité. Entre les VIIe et Xe siècles, des modèles originaux d'urbanisation se développent, le plus souvent hors du bassin méditerranéen qui fut le berceau de la civitas. Les siècles du « grand progrès » (XIe-début XIVe siècle) sont aussi ceux du développement de nouvelles communautés urbaines. S'y inventent non seulement des manières particulières de travailler, d'habiter et de cohabiter, mais aussi de nouvelles pratiques de gouvernement. Aussi les villes ont-elles peut-être été, dans l'Europe des États monarques que le Moyen Âge lègue à l'époque moderne, les laboratoire des sociétés politiques.
History until 1900, Middle Ages
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By examining notions of what was extraordinary, re-evaluating medieval ideas of authorship, and restoring economic considerations to the debate, Binski sets English visual art of the early 14th century in a broad European context and also within the aesthetic discourses of the medieval period. The author, stressing the continuum between art and architecture, challenges(...)
Gothic wonder: art, artifice, and the decorated style, 1290–1350
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By examining notions of what was extraordinary, re-evaluating medieval ideas of authorship, and restoring economic considerations to the debate, Binski sets English visual art of the early 14th century in a broad European context and also within the aesthetic discourses of the medieval period. The author, stressing the continuum between art and architecture, challenges understandings about agency, modernity, hierarchy, and marginality. His book makes a powerful case for the restoration of the category of the aesthetic to the understanding of medieval art. Gothic Wonder traces the impact of English art in Continental Europe, ending with the Black Death and the literary uses of the architectural in works by Geoffrey Chaucer and other writers.
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Complété par plus de 130 illustrations, cet ouvrage fait revivre l'histoire du catharisme, un mouvement religieux du Moyen Âge, depuis sa naissance au XIIe siècle jusqu'à son anéantissement par la coisade des Albigeois et les persécutions légitimées par l'Inquisition au XIVe siècle. La présentation des cathares couvre leurs pratiques et leurs convictions, le mythe de leur(...)
Les cathares secrets et histoire
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Complété par plus de 130 illustrations, cet ouvrage fait revivre l'histoire du catharisme, un mouvement religieux du Moyen Âge, depuis sa naissance au XIIe siècle jusqu'à son anéantissement par la coisade des Albigeois et les persécutions légitimées par l'Inquisition au XIVe siècle. La présentation des cathares couvre leurs pratiques et leurs convictions, le mythe de leur trésor légendaire et leurs liens avec l'ordre des Templiers.
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April 2009, Köln
History until 1900, Middle Ages
The Alhambra
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The Alhambra has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In his new book, Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its history and allure. As guide to this architectural masterpiece, Irwin allows us to fully understand the impact of the Alhambra.
The Alhambra
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The Alhambra has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In his new book, Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its history and allure. As guide to this architectural masterpiece, Irwin allows us to fully understand the impact of the Alhambra.
History until 1900, Middle Ages