Framing the church : the social and artistic power of buttresses in French Gothic architecture / Maile S. Hutterer.

Main entry:

Hutterer, Maile S., author.

Title & Author:

Framing the church : the social and artistic power of buttresses in French Gothic architecture / Maile S. Hutterer.

Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
©2019.

Description:

xii, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-198) and index.
Visualizing buttressing and the aesthetics of the frame -- Negotiating buttress spaces -- Sculptural programs and the assertion of ecclesiastical hegemony -- Buttressing-frame systems as signs of spiritual protection.

Summary:

"Examines Gothic architecture and the visual and cultural significance of the adoption of externalized buttressing systems in twelfth-century France. Demonstrates how buttressing frames operated as sites of display, points of transition, and mechanisms of demarcation"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780271083445 (cloth)
0271083441 (cloth)

Subject:

Architecture, Gothic France.
Church architecture France.
Architecture gothique France.
Architecture chrétienne France.
Architecture, Gothic.
Church architecture.
France.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308144
Call No.: BIB 253590
Status: Available

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