The art of Gothic : architecture, sculpture, painting / edited by Rolf Toman ; photography by Achim Bednorz ; [translation from German, Christian von Arnim [and others]].

Main entry:

Kunst der Gotik. English.

Title & Author:

The art of Gothic : architecture, sculpture, painting / edited by Rolf Toman ; photography by Achim Bednorz ; [translation from German, Christian von Arnim [and others]].

Publication:

Description:

521 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
"Original title: Gotik. ©1999 for the English edition"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-513) and indexes.
Introduction / Rolf Toman -- Elements of religious and secular Gothic architecture / Pablo de la Riestra -- The beginnings of Gothic architecture in France and its neighbors / Bruno Klein -- The Cathar heresy in southern France / Barbara Borngässer -- Gothic architecture in England / Ute Engel -- Medieval building practice / Christian Freigang -- Late Gothic architecture in France and the Netherlands / Peter Kurmann -- The Papal Palace in Avignon / Christian Freigang -- Gothic architecture of the "German lands" ; Gothic architecture in Scandinavia and East-Central Europe / Pablo de la Riestra -- Medieval castles, knights, and courtly love / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Gothic architecture in Italy ; Florence and Siena : communal rivalry / Barbara Borngässer -- Medieval cities / Alick McLean -- Late Gothic architecture in Spain and Portugal / Barbara Borngässer -- Gothic sculpture in France, Italy, Germany, and England / Uwe Geese -- Gothic sculpture in Spain and Portugal / Regine Abegg -- Gothic painting ; Subjectivity, beauty and nature : medieval theories of art ; Architectural motifs in painting around 1400 ; Narrative motifs in the work of Hans Memling ; Visions of heaven and hell in the work of Hieronymus Bosch ; Gold, light and color : Konrad Kitz ; The depictions of visions and visual perception ; The path to individualism / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Gothic stained glass / Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz -- Medieval learning and the arts / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Gothic goldwork / Harald Wolter-von dem Knesebeck.
In English, translation from German.

Summary:

Covering the history of Gothic architecture from its origins in 12th-century France through its dissemination in all of Europe.

ISBN:

3829017413
9783829017411

Subject:

Art, Gothic.
Architecture, Gothic.
Art gothique.
Architecture gothique.
Bouwkunst.
Beeldende kunsten.
Gotiek.

Added entries:

Toman, Rolf, editor.
Bednorz, Achim, 1947- photographer.

Gothic

Holdings:

Location: Library main 210581
Call No.: NA440 .K8 1999
Status: Available

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