The Gothic enterprise
Titel: | The Gothic enterprise : a guide to understanding the Medieval cathedral / Robert A. Scott |
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Veröffentlicht: | Berkeley [u.a.] : Univ. of California Press, 2003 |
Umfang: | XIV, 292 S. : Ill. ; 25 cm |
Format: | E-Book |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Vorliegende Ausgabe: | Online-Ausg.: 2004. - Online-Ressource. |
ISBN: | 1417525622 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9781417525621 (Sekundärausgabe) |
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Bemerkung: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction : a personal journey -- I. Grand undertaking -- What is the Gothic enterprise? ; How were the cathedrals built? -- II. History -- Kings, feudal lords, and great monasteries ; Age of cathedral-building ; Initial vision ; Cathedral crusade -- III. Gothic look -- What is the Gothic look? ; Image of heaven ; Pragmatic view of cathedral-building -- IV. Religious experience -- Sacred force and sacred space ; Imagining the cathedral ; Honoring the dead -- V. Gothic community -- Medieval living conditions ; Spiritual brokers--priests and monarchs ; Cathedrals and community -- Conclusion : Learning from Stonehenge |
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