The cathedral builders / Jean Gimpel ; translated by Teresa Waugh.
By: Gimpel, Jean
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BookPublisher: London : Pimlico, 1993, c1983Description: 163 p. : ill., facsims., plans, ports. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0712659811 .Subject(s): Cathedrals -- Europe -- History | Church architecture -- Europe -- History | Cathedrals -- Architecture -- History | Cathedrals -- Building -- HistoryDDC classification: 726.6
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Medieval Europe witnessed the spectacular flowering of religious architecture. In this illustrated portrait of an age, Jean Gimpel gives an account of astonishing feats of engineering and artistry. He explores the political, financial, and spiritual role of the men who inspired such cathedrals as Canterbury, Chartres and Notre Dame.
This translation originally published: Salisbury: Michael Russell, 1983.
Bibliography: p. 157-158 - Includes index.
Translated from the French