Main entry:

James, John, 1931-

Title & Author:

In search of the unknown in medieval architecture / John James.

Publication:

London : Pindar Press, 2007.

Description:

ii, 588 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-580) and index.
History -- I. A Revised Chronology for French High Gothic: Consequences of The Ark of God, Part A -- II. An Investigation into the Uneven Distribution of Early Gothic Churches in the Paris Basin before 1240 -- III. Memes and Assumptions -- IV. Chartres was Lucky the Parisians were Busy -- Toichology -- V. The Discipline of Toichology -- VI. Were the Chartres Transept Porches Added? -- VII. Anomalies in the Ascension and Incarnation Portals of Chartres Cathedral -- VIII. Multiple Contracting in the Saint-Denis Chever -- IX. Could Suger Have Built the Choir of Saint-Denis in Four Years? -- X. La construction de la facade occidentale de la cathedrale de Senlis -- XI. A Northern Master for Clermont-Ferrand? -- XII. The End of Discontinuous Contracting -- XIII. Building the Narthex at Chartres -- Vaulting -- XIV. The Evolution of Structure between 1080 and 1150 -- XV. The Peaked Arch, and the Earliest Domical Rib Vaults in the Paris Basin -- XVI. The Rib Vaults of Durham Cathedral -- XVII. Rib Vaults in Italy -- XVIII. Flying Buttresses before 1180 -- Techniques -- XIX. Medieval Mortar and the Constraints of Formwork -- XX. The Master Masons as Contractors -- Sculpture and Decoration -- XXI. Frenchmen in Peterborough -- XXII. The Rustic Master -- A Chartrain Sculptor in Italy -- XXIII. Chapiteaux a feuilles d'acanthe de 1138 a 1140 -- XXIV. Describing Chevron Patterns at Durham -- Geometry -- XXV. The Significance of Geometry -- XXVI. Measuring and Extracting Geometry -- XXVII. The Foot of the Master -- XXVIII. The Tools of Hues Libergier, Master Mason -- XXIX. The Creation Figure of Chartres Cathedral -- XXX. Four 'Identical' Windows -- XXXI. The Western Rose at Chartres -- XXXII. Discrepancies in Medieval Architecture, Careless or Deliberate? -- XXXIII. Gothic Pinnacles -- XXXIV. The Geometric Layout for the Sainte-Chapelle -- Meaning -- XXXV. The Canopy of Paradise -- XXXVI. The Mystery of the Great Labyrinth at Chartres -- XXXVII. The Zodiac on the Royal Portal, Chartres -- Economics -- XXXVIII. What Price the Cathedrals? -- XXXIX. How Many Built All the Churches? -- XL. Funding the Early Gothic Churches of the Paris Basin.

Summary:

"John James is an Australian architect and medieval historian. Since 1969 he has been searching for the origins of the Gothic style, beginning with a five-year study of Chartres cathedral. At that time there were no coherent techniques for analysing the detailed construction history of existing stone structures. This he created. He expanded his research to include all the early Gothic churches in the Paris region with a three-year survey of over 3500 buildings. His most important discovery has been that all churches of this period were constructed in many short campaigns by mobile building teams, and that major innovation was more likely to occur in the smaller buildings than in the larger. This volume makes available 42 of the author's studies on the development of Gothic architecture in France."--Publisher

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

190459736X
9781904597360
9781904597537
190459753X

Subject:

James, John 1931-
Architecture, Medieval France.
Architecture, Gothic France.
Church architecture France History.
Church buildings France History.
Christian art and symbolism France Medieval, 500-1500.
Architecture médiévale France.
Architecture gothique France.
Architecture chrétienne France Histoire.
Architecture, Gothic.
Architecture, Medieval.
Christian art and symbolism Medieval.
Church architecture.
Church buildings.
Architektur
Mittelalter
France.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257557
Call No.: BIB 188081
Status: Available