French cathedrals and Gothic architecture. This essay seeks to understand Gothic architecture as an image, more precisely, as the representation of supernatural reality.
The description for this book, The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order, will be forthcoming.
The Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages are among the world's supreme architectural achievements. Hundreds of these great churches were built throughout Europe in a rich variety of styles between...
The Gothic Cathedral
In this illuminating book, esteemed art historian Otto Georg von Simson explores how Gothic architecture is an expression of supernatural reality, and shows how, to those who designed and worshipped in the great cathedrals of France in the ...
Illuminates the construction, architectural style, histories, and beauty of thirty-three medieval cathedrals.