Geographically, this survey stretches from Poland to Portugal, from Sicily to Scotland; chronologically, it ranges from Durham in 1093 to Halle an der Saale in 1530. It provides an introduction to the study of Gothic architecture, and a history and analysis of Gothic style.
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Paul Frankl, who taught at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, was the author of The Gothic: Literary Interpretations Through Eight Centuries. Paul Crossley is senior lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, University of London. He is the author of The Architecture of Kasimir the Great: Architecture in Lesser Poland, 1320– 1380.
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Only useful for Architectural Elements,
By David W. Thurbon (Bern, Bern Switzerland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gothic Architecture (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art) (Paperback)
This book is an extremely extensive coverage of Gothic Architecture throughout Europe. The quality and coverage of the work is unsurpassed. However, it only covers the architectural elements of Gothic Cathedrals and does not cover aspects such as stained glass windows, wood carvings and sculptural art within Gothic Cathedrals. If you are looking for a general work on various aspects of Gothic Art, this is not it.
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Scholarly Classic in the Field of Gothic Architecture,
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This scholarly survey of gothic architecture is rightly considered a classic in the field. Consisting of the original text by Frankl, an instructor at Princeton who greatly advanced the subject amongst the English speaking world, and a studious and comprehensive commentary by Paul Crossley, a lecturer and gothic expert at the University of London, the book is a comprehensive and highly detailed examination of gothic architecture all across Europe from the 11th to the 16th centuries. The commentary and annotated bibliography alone are worth the purchase price, but the original text of Frankl is what will continue to hold interest amongst gothic students due to its historic scholarly value. The book is part of the larger Pelican History of Art series, and is published by Yale University.
If you are interested in a detailed examination of gothic architecture and enjoy the scholarship surrounding the intricacies of the subject, there is likely no better place to start than here. Supplement it with an engineer's point of view (The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals: A Study of Medieval Vault Erection and The Stone Skeleton: Structural Engineering of Masonry Architecture) and perhaps a graphic designer's visual deconstruction (Principles and Elements of Medieval Church Architecture of Western Europe) and you have an excellent (and thorough) basis on which to build an extended study of the subject. The book is printed on an oversized 8 1/2 by 11 format, on high quality heavyweight and glossy paper. At almost 500 pages, its quite physically heavy, but the quality of the images (many in color and full-page) make one yearn for the hardback edition (if it can be afforded). If not, the paperback edition is equally lovely for about 1/3 the price of the hardback. Highly recommended.
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Gothic Dissertation,
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The illustrations are extensive and excellent. The text reads like a Ph.D. dissertation. The reader is assumed to be familiar with the technical language of Gothic architecture; if you are not, this will be tough going.
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In its breadth of outlook, its command of detail and its theoretical enterprise, Frankl's Gothic Architecture has few equals in the ambitious Pelican History of Art series. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cellular chapels, exposed flying buttresses, belfry storey, frontal shafts, spiral piers, glazed triforia, buttress uprights, flying ribs, chevet chapels, glazed triforium, vault springers, royale des monuments, sexpartite vaults, rectangular ambulatory, blind tracery, nave bays, inner ambulatory, strainer arches, radiating chapels, straight bays, choir triforium, crocket capitals, basilican nave, choir aisles, clerestorey windows Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Gothic, Peter Parler, French Gothic, Holy Grail, Late Romanesque, Middle Ages, Robert de Luzarches, Villard de Honnecourt, Hans von Burghausen, Lincoln Cathedral, Saint-Denis Abbey Church, Strasbourg Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral, Italian Gothic, Maria Novella, Gaucher of Reims, Heinrich Parler, William of Sens, Durham Cathedral, Early Renaissance, Ely Cathedral, Florence Cathedral, High Romanesque, Jacques Coeur, New Testament New!
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In its breadth of outlook, its command of detail and its theoretical enterprise, Frankl's Gothic Architecture has few equals in the ambitious Pelican History of Art series. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cellular chapels, exposed flying buttresses, belfry storey, frontal shafts, spiral piers, glazed triforia, buttress uprights, flying ribs, chevet chapels, glazed triforium, vault springers, royale des monuments, sexpartite vaults, rectangular ambulatory, blind tracery, nave bays, inner ambulatory, strainer arches, radiating chapels, straight bays, choir triforium, crocket capitals, basilican nave, choir aisles, clerestorey windows Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Gothic, Peter Parler, French Gothic, Holy Grail, Late Romanesque, Middle Ages, Robert de Luzarches, Villard de Honnecourt, Hans von Burghausen, Lincoln Cathedral, Saint-Denis Abbey Church, Strasbourg Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral, Italian Gothic, Maria Novella, Gaucher of Reims, Heinrich Parler, William of Sens, Durham Cathedral, Early Renaissance, Ely Cathedral, Florence Cathedral, High Romanesque, Jacques Coeur, New Testament New!
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