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Item Number: 111145
Title: New Approaches to Medieval Architecture
Author: Bork, Robert (ed)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781409422280
Description: Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011. 24cm., hardcover, 244pp. illus. Contents: Introduction: new approaches to medieval architecture, Robert Bork and Abby McGehee; Part I Re-assessing the Master Narratives of Medieval Architecture: The longue durée and the life of buildings, Nicola Camerlenghi; Some notes on the functional approach in the study of Byzantine architecture: the case of Constantinople, Vasileios Marinis; Saint-Quentin, Chartres, and the narrative of French Gothic, Ellen Shortell; Back to Beauvais (2009), Stephen Murray. Part II The Patronage and Institutional Context of Medieval Architecture: Money, stone, liturgy, and planning at the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, William W. Clark and Thomas G. Waldman; An essay on Villard de Honnecourt, Cambrai cathedral, and St Elizabeth of Hungary, Carl F. Barnes Jr; Gothic architecture and the civilizing process: the great hall in 13th-century England, Matthew M. Reeve. Part III Geometry and Workshop Practice in Medieval Architecture: Standardization and innovation in design: limestone architectural sculpture in 12th-century France, Janet E. Snyder; The enigma of arcade design in Benedictine and Cistercian churches: how regular did pier spacing have to be?, Nigel Hiscock; Art, architecture, and science: considerations on the plan of the chevet of Saint-Denis, Stefaan van Liefferinge; Villard's Laon tower drawings and the visual transmission of architectural ideas, Robert Bork. Part IV New Technologies for the Study of Medieval Architecture: Ground-penetrating radar at Valmagne, France, Vivian Paul, Suwimon Edphuay, Mark Everett and Robert Warden; Vaulting issues at St-Etienne, Auxerre, Harry Titus; The medieval design process at Southwell Minster, Lisa Reilly with Chad Keller and Edward Triplett; Rethinking medieval structure, Andrew J. Tallon; 'Ci poes vos veir': technologies of representation from drawing to digital, Michael T. Davis. (AVISTA Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science and Art, 8)
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