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Chartres Cathedral (Norton Critical Studies in Art History) [Paperback]

Robert Branner (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0393314383 | ISBN-13: 978-0393314380 | Publication Date: August 17, 1996 | Edition: 2nd

Modeled on the highly successful Norton Critical Editions, this series offers illuminating introductions to major monuments of painting, sculpture, and architecture.

Each volume includes all the necessary materials for the comprehensive study of a work of art:

An illustration section showing the complete work of art, details, preliminary studies, and iconographic sources;
An introductory essay by the editor;
Documents and literary sources;
Critical essays from the art-historical literature.

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Modeled on the highly successful Norton Critical Editions, this series offers illuminating introductions to major monuments of painting, sculpture, and architecture.

Each volume includes all the necessary materials for the comprehensive study of a work of art:

An illustration section showing the complete work of art, details, preliminary studies, and iconographic sources;
An introductory essay by the editor;
Documents and literary sources;
Critical essays from the art-historical literature.

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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 2nd edition (August 17, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393314383
ISBN-13: 978-0393314380
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
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The architectural history of Chartres in the Middle Ages is outlined in the following documents in which the translators have attempted to preserve the medieval flavor. Read the first page

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south lintel, legendary windows, portail royal, holy tunic, jamb figures, judgment portal, triforium passage, transept portals, centering frames, transept fa�ade, right jamb, central portal, right portal, royal portal, western rose, fourteen figures, north transept, south portal, west fa�ade, central chapel, monarchie fran�aise, church doorways, ribbed vault, south transept, left portal

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Middle Ages, Saint James, Tree of Jesse, Henri Focillon, L'Antiquit� Expliqu�e, Prodigal Son, Royal Portal, Saint Louis, Wilhelm V�ge, Blessed Mary, Chartres Cathedral, Master of Etampes, Medieval Texts, Saint Thomas, Abb� Suger, New York, Old Testament, Philip Augustus, Head Master of Chartres, Our Lady, Saint Bernard, Herr V�ge, High Gothic, Jacques Vanuxem, Last Supper

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Development and Character of Gothic Architecture by Charles Herbert Moore on page 132, page 139, and page 142
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Gothic Architecture (Meridian) by Erwin Panofsky on page 117, and Back Matter
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