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The Cathedral Of Chartres
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Author : René Merlet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
The Cathedral Of Chartres written by René Merlet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with categories.
Universe Of Stone
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Author : Philip Ball
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-08-31
Universe Of Stone written by Philip Ball and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-31 with History categories.
In the twelfth century, Christians in Europe began to build a completely new kind of church - soaring, spacious monuments flooded with light from immense windows. These were the first Gothic churches, the crowning example of which was the cathedral of Chartres: a revolution in thought embodied in stone and glass, and a bridge between the ancient and modern worlds. In Universe of Stone, Philip Ball explains the genesis and development of the Gothic style. He argues that it signified a profound change in the social, intellectual and theological climate of Western Christendom. As the church represented nothing less than a vision of heaven on earth, this shift in architectural style marked the beginning of the argument between faith and reason which continues today, and of a scientific view of the world that threatened to dispense with God altogether.
Chartres And The Birth Of The Cathedral
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Author : Titus Burckhardt
language : en
Publisher: World Wisdom Books
Release Date : 2010
Chartres And The Birth Of The Cathedral written by Titus Burckhardt and has been published by World Wisdom Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Architecture categories.
This new and revised edition of Titus Burckhardt's masterpiece, Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral, is a richly colored window onto the lofty intellectual and spiritual climate that conceived the marvel that is Gothic architecture. Featuring a new appendix with three sections, and a new Foreword by John James, a world authority on Chartres, as well as 25 new illustrations, it cannot fail to inspire the reader to become a pilgrim to Chartres.
High Gothic
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Author : Hans Jantzen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1984-03-21
High Gothic written by Hans Jantzen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-03-21 with Architecture categories.
This engaging study introduces the reader to one of the greatest achievements of Western art: the climactic phase of Gothic architecture in the first half of the thirteenth century. Through a comparative analysis of the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Amiens, the author illuminates the technical, theological, artistic, and social factors that formed the High Gothic synthesis. Drawing on a lifetime of scholarship, he successively characterizes the different parts of the Gothic cathedral and describes the human context of the three great buildings.
Chartres Cathedral
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Author : Malcolm B. Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Chartres Cathedral written by Malcolm B. Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Architecture categories.
The author is the world's foremost authority on Chartres, and is in residence there most of the year. He shows us the history of the cathedral and teaches us how to "read" the world-famous stained glass and sculpture, explaining the references to Scripture and the teachings of the Church. Chartres alone, of all the great medieval churches, has survived into the 20th century almost intact, not only architecturally but with its vast inconographic program in 12th-and 13th-century stained glass and sculpture. Medieval art was intended not just to embellish the church but to instruct the people, for there was no printing. Scholars could therefore teach their students, the clergy preach sermons and parents read the lives of the saints to their children using the 'texts' in stained glass and sculpture. The sister churches of Chartres have been sadly vandalized to varying degrees by Reform, revolution, war or natural disaster. Here in Chartres the 'text' is virtually complete. A concise glossary of symbolic images has been included as well as a complete plan of all the windows in the cathedral, and an index.
The Virgin Of Chartres
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Author : Margot Elsbeth Fassler
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
The Virgin Of Chartres written by Margot Elsbeth Fassler and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Religion categories.
Medieval Christians knew the past primarily through what they saw and heard. History was reenacted every year in ritual observances particular to each place and region and rooted in the legends of local saints.This richly illustrated book explores the layers of history found in the cult of the Virgin of Chartres as it developed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Focusing on the major relic of Chartres Cathedral, the Virgin’s gown, and the Feast of Mary's Nativity, Margot Fassler employs a wide range of historical evidence including local histories, letters, obituaries, chants, liturgical sources, and reports of miracles, leading to a detailed reading of the cathedral's west façade. This interdisciplinary volume will prove invaluable to historians who work in religion, politics, music, and art but will also serve as a guidebook for all interested in the history of Chartres Cathedral.
Saving The Light At Chartres
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Author : Victor A. Pollak
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-03-16
Saving The Light At Chartres written by Victor A. Pollak and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-16 with History categories.
Built around 1200 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws more than a million visitors and pilgrims each year, Chartres Cathedral is one of the jewels of Western Civilization. How Chartres Cathedral and its priceless stained glass (today the largest such collection in one location) survived World War II’s widespread destruction of cultural monuments is one of the great stories of recent history. Saving the Light at Chartres begins half a decade before World War II, when a young French architect developed a plan to save the cathedral’s precious stained glass. As war engulfed Europe in the fall of 1939, master glass artisans dismantled the hundreds of windows, and soldiers, tradesmen, and laborers with local volunteers crated thousands of glass panels, stowed them in the crypt, and months later—just before German invaders reached Chartres—hauled them across the country to an underground quarry. This effort to save the stained glass is but a prologue. By August 1944, the U.S. Army had broken out of Normandy and was racing across France toward Paris and the Seine. Chartres became a key battleground. Allied bombing blew out the cathedral’s temporary window coverings, and when the Americans—assisted by French Resistance fighters—entered the city in the face of unexpectedly heavy defiance and snipers in the cathedral, many soldiers believed German artillery spotters were occupying the cathedral’s spires. When Colonel Welborn Griffith Jr.—a senior operations officer of Twentieth Corps in Patton’s Third Army—arrived, some were pressing to countermand the army’s standing order to avoid the cathedral and threatened to destroy it to neutralize the German spotters. Griffith was skeptical. He inspected the cathedral himself, climbed its towers, but found no Germans, so he rang the bell, waved an American flag, and ordered that the cathedral be spared, saving it from destruction. Griffith would be killed later that day. Victor Pollak tells both stories—the rescue of the windows and Colonel Griffith’s fateful role—in a compelling narrative. Saving the Light at Chartres honors the government and local teams who saved the windows, the Resistance that performed a vital role in the liberation of Chartres, Welborn Griffith, and the enduring treasure that is Chartres Cathedral.
Chartres Cathedral
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Author : Robert Branner
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Release Date : 1969
Chartres Cathedral written by Robert Branner and has been published by W. W. Norton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Architecture, Gothic categories.
"An introduction to Chartres Cathedral with an analytical and historical essay, documents and source materials, critical essays, and 125 illustrations"--
The World Of Chartres
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Author : Jean Favier
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 1990
The World Of Chartres written by Jean Favier and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Architecture categories.
Details one of the greatest Gothic buildings in the world, the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Chartres, France, exploring its history, its structure, and its glass artistry.
The City Of Chartres
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Author : Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905
The City Of Chartres written by Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1905 with Chartres (France) categories.