Notre-Dame of Amiens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Notre-Dame of Amiens write by Stephen Murray. This book was released on 2020-12-22. Notre-Dame of Amiens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 is a living document of medieval Christian society that endures in our own time. Murray tells the cathedral’s story from the overlapping perspectives of the social groups connected to it, exploring the ways that the layfolk who visit the cathedral occasionally, the clergy who use it daily, and the artisans who created it have interacted with the building over the centuries. He considers the cycles of human activity around the cathedral and shows how groups of makers and users have been inextricably intertwined in collaboration and, occasionally, conflict. The book travels around and through the spaces of the cathedral, allowing us to re-create similar passages by our medieval predecessors. Murray reveals the many worlds of the cathedral and brings them together in the architectural triumph of its central space. A beautifully illustrated account of a grand, historically and religiously important building from a variety of perspectives and in a variety of time periods, this book offers readers a memorable tour of Notre-Dame of Amiens that celebrates the cathedral’s eight hundredth anniversary. Notre-Dame of Amiens is enhanced by high-resolution images, liturgical music, and animations embedded in an innovative website.
Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens
Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens write by Stephen Murray. This book was released on 1996. Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A detailed study of Notre Dame, one of the most ambitious building programmes of the high middle ages.
Amiens
Amiens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Amiens write by Philippe Plagnieux. This book was released on 2005. Amiens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Great Gothic Cathedrals of France
Great Gothic Cathedrals of France - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Great Gothic Cathedrals of France write by Stan Parry. This book was released on 2017-07-15. Great Gothic Cathedrals of France available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Great Gothic Cathedrals of France guides readers on a tour of twelve French cathedrals that best exemplify one of the greatest glories of Western civilization. From the beautiful facade of Notre-Dame in Paris to the transcendent beauty of the stained glass at Chartres, this book clarifies the significant elements of their architecture by means of its text and images. The cathedrals of Amiens, Paris, Saint Denis, Chartres, Reims, Laon, Noyon, Soissons, Sens, Beauvais, Bourges and Troyes as well as Sainte-Chapelle are all presented to give the reader and visitor to France a clear understanding of these extraordinary buildings. This publication also provides the reader with a chapter on how to "read" a stained glass window.
A Gothic Sermon
A Gothic Sermon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Gothic Sermon write by Stephen Murray. This book was released on 2004-11-01. A Gothic Sermon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this groundbreaking work, Stephen Murray seizes a rare opportunity to explore the relationship between verbal and visual culture by presenting a sermon that may have been preached during the second half of the thirteenth century in or near the cathedral of Notre-Dame of Amiens, whose sculptural program was completed at about the same time. In addition to providing a complete transcription and translation of the text, Murray examines the historical context of the sermon and draws comparisons between its underlying structure and the Gothic portals of the cathedral. In the sermon, as in the cathedral, he finds a powerful motivational mechanism that invites the repentant sinner to enter into a new contract with the Virgin Mary. The correlation between elements of the sermon's text and the sculptural components of the cathedral leads to an exploration of the socioeconomic conditions in Picardy at the time and a vivid sketch of how the cathedral and its images were used by ordinary people. The author finds parallels in the rhetorical tools used in the sermon, on the one hand, and stylistic and compositional tools used in the sculpture, on the other. In addition to providing a fascinating and cogent consideration of medieval beliefs about salvation and redemption, this book also lays the groundwork for a long overdue examination of the performative and textual in relationship to sculpture.
