Research Catalog

Title

The West : from the advent of Christendom to the eve of Reformation / Christopher Tadgell.

Author

Tadgell, Christopher, 1939-

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

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Details

Description

viii, 920 pages : color illustrations, color maps, plans; 22 cm

Summary

The fourth book in the 'Architecture in Context' series, Tadgell covers all the major architectural traditions of European Architecture in the Middle Ages, from the destruction of Rome to the rediscovery of Classical values in 15th century Italy.

Series Statement

• Architecture in context ; 4
• Tadgell, Christopher, 1939- Architecture in context ; 4.

Subject

• Medeltiden
• Renässansen
• Geschichte Anfänge-1600
• Architecture, Medieval
• Architecture, Renaissance
• Architecture and society > Europe
• building construction
• design
• history
• religion
• Architecture and society
• Architektur
• Christentum
• Kirchenbau
• Kirchenbau > Geschichte Mittelalter
• Architektur > Geschichte Mittelalter > 0 Gesamtdarstellung
• Arkitektur > historia
• Architettura religiosa > Occidente
• Europe
• Europa

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 904-905) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Renovation of gravitas -- Prologue -- Empire regained and relapsed -- The centre : Holy Roman Empire -- The East : towards the third Rome -- The West : post-Carolingian diversity -- Pt. 2. Refraction of light -- Introductions to the Gothic age -- Light into stone : the Gothic cathedral -- Secular building in the Gothic age -- Pt. 3. Revival of classicism -- Introduction -- Cataclysm and classicism at large -- Epilogue : From medieval towards neo-classical abroad.

ISBN

• 0415407540
• 9780415407540

LCCN

2008050574

OCLC

• ocn166382853
• 166382853
• SCSB-1520522

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library