Main entry:

Murray, Stephen, 1945-

Title & Author:

Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens : the power of change in Gothic / Stephen Murray.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Description:

xix, 233 pages, 96 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.
1. An Introduction to the Study of Amiens Cathedral -- 2. City and Cathedral -- 3. Cathedral Plan, Space, and Structure -- 4. The Start of Construction: 1220s to 1230s -- 5. Signs of Change: 1230s to 1260s -- 6. Names in the Labyrinth: The Problem of Authorship -- 7. Facades -- 8. The Portals: Access to Redemption -- App. A. Texts Relating to the Construction of Amiens Cathedral -- App. B. The Sequence of Construction with Axonometric Drawings -- App. C. Problems in "Reading" Masonry -- App. D. Dimensions and Problems of Mensuration -- App. E. Restorations -- App. F. Ariadne's Thread -- App. G. West Portals: Iconographic Schema -- App. H. Dendrochronological Analysis of Constructional Wood at Amiens, 1992.

Summary:

Notre Dame, Cathedral of Amiens: The power of Change in Gothic is a comprehensive study of one of the most ambitious building programs of the High Middle Ages. Offering a new approach to the traditional building monograph, Stephen Murray critically reexamines the documentary, archaeological, and historiographical evidence; contemporary theological debates; as well as the social, political, and economic contexts in which Amiens was conceived and erected. By integrating these various data, Murray proposes a new chronology for the cathedral and, moreover, reconceptualizes our understanding of the nature of medieval building campaigns, emphasizing the dynamics of change that occurred during the course of construction. This revisionist study includes a newly surveyed plan of Amiens, transcripts of key documents, and 195 black-and-white illustrations, many made especially for this edition.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521497353
9780521497350

Subject:

Cathédrale d'Amiens.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Amiens, France)
Cathedrale d'Amiens.
Architecture, Gothic France Amiens.
Architecture gothique France Amiens.
21.70 religious architecture.
Architecture, Gothic
Buildings
Kathedralen.
Notre-Dame (Amiens)
Cathedrals France Amiens.
Church architecture France Amiens.
Architecture gothique France Amiens (Somme)
Amiens (France) Buildings, structures, etc.
France Amiens
Kathedrale Amiens
Amiens (France) Churches.
Amiens (Somme) Cathédrale Notre-Dame.
Amiens Kathedrale.
Cathedrals Architecture History
Normandy (France)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 122703
Call No.: ID NA5551.A49 M8; ID:96-B979
Status: Available