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An edition of Gothic Art (1996)

Gothic art

glorious visions

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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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Harry N. Abrams
Language
English
Pages
192

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Art Library: Gothic
2004, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Gothic Art: Glorious Visions
January 17, 2003, Not Avail
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Gothic Art: Glorious Visions (Perspectives) (Trade Version)
April 1, 2003, Penguin (Non-Returnable)
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Gothic Art: Glorious Visions (Perspectives) (Trade Version)
April 1, 2003, Penguin (Non-Returnable)
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Cover of: Gothic art
Gothic art: glorious visions
1996, Harry N. Abrams
in English
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Gothic art: visions and revelations of the medieval world
1996, G. Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Gothic Art.
1996, Weidenfeld & N.
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Gothic art: glorious visions
1996, Prentice Hall
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187) and index.

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New York
Series
Perspectives, Perspectives (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
709.02/2
Library of Congress
N6310 .C36 1996, N6310.C36 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
192 p. :
Number of pages
192

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL967460M
Internet Archive
gothicartgloriou00cami
ISBN 10
0810927012
LCCN
96003899
OCLC/WorldCat
34190210
Library Thing
35122
Goodreads
1769439

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