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Gothic Art

Glorious Visions (Perspectives) (Trade Version)

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An edition of Gothic Art (1996)

Gothic Art

Glorious Visions (Perspectives) (Trade Version)

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When we look at the soaring spaces of Chartres cathedral or the shimmering pages of a gilded and painted manuscript, we are witnesses to a new kind of vision. In this radical reappraisal of Gothic art in Europe, the word "Gothic" describes not only an art style but a changing concept of space, time, and society - a new kind of perception, both visual and spiritual, in which light is of central importance.

Camille shows us how the art of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries was seen in its own time and explores the way vision itself was understood. In this age of glorious painting, magnificent, intricate architecture and sculpture, and jewellike manuscript illumination, art was an expression of religious passion and earthly power, of public and private wealth; of science and learning.

The new vision led to an explosion of brilliant images but had its grim side, rarely noticed by art history: the distorted representation of "others" like Jews, heretics, and lepers; a new vision not only of the marvelous, but also of the grotesque.

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Cover of: Art Library
Art Library: Gothic
2004, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Gothic Art: Glorious Visions
January 17, 2003, Not Avail
in English
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Gothic Art: Glorious Visions
January 17, 2003, Not Avail
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Cover of: Gothic Art
Gothic Art: Glorious Visions (Perspectives) (Trade Version)
April 1, 2003, Penguin (Non-Returnable)
in English
Cover of: Gothic Art
Gothic Art: Glorious Visions (Perspectives) (Trade Version)
April 1, 2003, Penguin (Non-Returnable)
Paperback in English
Cover of: Gothic art
Gothic art: glorious visions
1996, Harry N. Abrams
in English
Cover of: Gothic art
Gothic art: visions and revelations of the medieval world
1996, G. Weidenfeld & Nicolson
in English
Cover of: Gothic Art.
Gothic Art.
1996, Weidenfeld & N.
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Gothic art: glorious visions
1996, Prentice Hall
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Paperback
Number of pages
192
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0.8 x 6.8 x 9.2 inches
Weight
1.1 pounds

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OL9292622M
ISBN 10
013183312X
ISBN 13
9780131833128
OCLC/WorldCat
62076731
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35122
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