French Gothic architecture of the 12th and 13th centuries / Jean Bony
1983, Second Edition. Berkeley : University of California Press. Near fine paperback copy, slightly edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #468653
ISBN: 0520055861
Series; California studies in the history of art ; 20. Physical description; xliii, 623 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm. Contents; The technical bases of Gothic architecture -- Gothic spaciousness -- The early Gothic grid -- A first Gothic system, ca. 1160-1180 -- Late 12th-Century changes -- The flying buttress and the second Gothic system -- After Chartres and Bourges: diffusion and changes between 1200 and 1230 -- Divergent trends in the early 13th century -- A third Gothic system: the Rayonnant style -- Late 13th-Century architecture. Subjects; Architecture, Gothic France. Church architecture France History To 1500. Cathedrals France. Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500. Civilization, Medieval 12th-13th centuries.
Price: €35.00