A complete collection of all the capitals carved in the Paris Basin before 1130 - over 4,000 - few of which have ever been published before. From this has come a profoundly significant analysis: That these carvers pursued what might be called a Quest for Order, a quest that grew into an obsession over the next two generations. By following each step in this quest in the dateable buildings in the rest of Europe, James has dated nearly every campaign in the Basin to within 5 years - a unique achievement possible only because every one of the 147 remaining works have been included. This holistic approach provides the evidence that pointed arches and rib vaults were both being employed in the Paris Basin from the mid-1080s. Volume 3 in Part B of The Creation of Gothic Architecture: The Ark of God provides valuable insights into the development of Early Romanesque carving and architecture prior to the seminal work at Chartres and Saint-Denis. It complements Part A and, with the later volumes, aims to establish from all the evidence a comprehensive chronology for the Creation of Gothic Architecture.
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In this monumental study, James and several collaborators have brought together a formidable resource.The scale of James' enterprise far surpasses any previous attempts at the systematic collection of this type of data, which is why this study is so very useful.(...)These volumes are a fundamental resource for the study of medieval art in northern France, and every library associated with the teaching of medieval art and architecture should have them. SPECULUM
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This review is from: The Ark of God: The Evolution of Foliate Capitals in the Paris Basin Before 1170--The Archaic Capitals Prior to 1130 (The Creation of Gothic Architecture, Vol. III B: An Illustrated Thesaurus) (Hardcover)
Extracted from the Burlington Magazine (April 2004) review by Prof Paul Crossley.
"THE ARK OF GOD is a comprehensive pictorial history of Early Gothic churches in the limestone region of northern France known as the Paris Basin. THE ARK is presented as a five-part series that covers the crucial 150 years between 1100 and 1250 when Romanesque architecture was transformed into Gothic. The Paris Basin contains 1,420 churches with work from these years. Most have never been published. The photographs will illustrate over half of these which significantly contributed to the creation of the new architecture. The underlying purpose of the series is four-fold: 1) Provide a photographic description of all the more significant churches during this 150 years. 2) Analyze the stylistic changes to the foliate capitals and the evolution of vault erection techniques. 3) Establish a solid and all-inclusive foundation for dating the construction phases of these churches. 4) Use this chronology to identify the time and place for each of the creative ideas, inventions and innovations that produced the Gothic style, to follow their evolution from place to place and to identify the major creators."
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