Notre-Dame of Amiens : : Life of the Gothic Cathedral / / Stephen Murray.

Notre-Dame of Amiens is one of the great Gothic cathedrals. Its construction began in 1220, and artistic production in the Gothic mode lasted well into the sixteenth century. In this magisterial chronicle, Stephen Murray invites readers to see the cathedral as more than just a thing of the past: it...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Columbiana
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 200 b&w and 32 color illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • 1 Visiting the Cathedral
  • 2 The Portals: Unscrambling the Plot
  • 3 Clergy, Artisans, and Laypeople: Makers and Users
  • 4 Telling the Story of the Great Enterprise, I, 1220–c. 1300: Incomplete Completion
  • 5 Telling the Story of the Great Enterprise, II, c. 1300–1530: Continuing Work, Immediate Danger, Triumphant End
  • 6 Liturgical Performance: Angels in the Architecture
  • Epilogue
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index