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The Sainte-Chapelle and the construction of sacral monarchy : royal architecture in thirteenth-century Paris
- Title
- The Sainte-Chapelle and the construction of sacral monarchy : royal architecture in thirteenth-century Paris / Meredith Cohen University of California, Los Angeles.
- Author
- Cohen, Meredith.
- Publication
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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- Description
- xi, 293 pages : illustrations (some col); 26 cm
- Summary
- "This book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important monuments of French Gothic architecture, the Sainte-Chapelle, constructed in Paris by King Louis IX of France between 1239 and 1248 especially to hold and to celebrate Christ's Crown of Thorns. Meredith Cohen argues that the chapel's architecture, decoration, and use conveyed the notion of sacral kingship to its audience in Paris and in greater Europe, thereby implicitly elevating the French king to the level of suzerain, and establishing an early visual precedent for the political theories of royal sovereignty and French absolutism. By setting the chapel within its broader urban and royal contexts, this book offers new insight into royal representation and the rise of Paris as a political and cultural capital in the thirteenth century"--
- Subject
- Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270 > Art patronage
- Sainte-Chapelle (Paris, France)
- Architecture, High Gothic > France > Paris
- Symbolism in architecture > France > Paris
- Sovereignty > Religious aspects > Christianity
- HISTORY / Europe / General
- France > Kings and rulers > Religious aspects
- Paris (France) > Buildings, structures, etc
- Note
- Bases on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Columbia University, 2004).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The making of a royal city: Paris and the architecture of Philip Augustus -- 2. The Sainte-Chapelle: Parisian Rayonnant and the new royal architecture -- 3. The architecture of sacral kingship -- 4. Private, public, and the promotion of the cult of kings -- 5. Louis' later patronage in Paris -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JQF 15-1209
- ISBN
- 9781107025578 (hardback)
- 1107025575 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2014012758
- OCLC
- 871343620
- Author
- Cohen, Meredith.
- Title
- The Sainte-Chapelle and the construction of sacral monarchy : royal architecture in thirteenth-century Paris / Meredith Cohen University of California, Los Angeles.
- Publisher
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JQF 15-1209