The West : from the advent of Christendom to the eve of Reformation /: from the advent of Christendom to the eve of Reformation. (2013)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The West : from the advent of Christendom to the eve of Reformation /: from the advent of Christendom to the eve of Reformation. (2013)
- Main Title:
- The West : from the advent of Christendom to the eve of Reformation
- Further Information:
- Note: Christopher Tadgell.
- Other Names:
- Tadgell, Christopher, 1939-
- Contents:
- Part 1. Renovation of gravitas : Prologue : Authority in Europe after the collapse of Rome -- Empire regained and relapsed : Carolingian achievement ; Post-Carolinian division -- The centre : Holy Roman Empire : The kingdom of the Germans ; Disputed Italy -- The East: towards the third Rome : The meeting of East and West -- The West: post-Carolingian diversity : Late Gaul: early France ; The Normans and England -- Part 2. Refraction of light : Introductions to the Gothic age : The political map of Gothic Europe ; Scholarship, education and dissent -- Light into stone: the Gothic cathedral : Advent to apogee in France ; Early Gothic abroad ; Rench 'Rayonnant' ; Rayonnant abroad ; Italy ; Late Gothic -- Secular building in the Gothic age : From feudalism to centralism ; Changes in warfare ; Secular sentiment ; Perfection of the castle ; From castle to house in England ; From castle to house in France and beyond ; Town and Gothic house -- Part 3. Revival of classicism : Introduction : Politics and patrons ; Renaissance man, God, and antiquity ; Art in proportion and perspective ; Brunelleschi and Early Renaissance building ; Alberti: theory to practice ; Central types, regional variants -- Cataclysm and classicism at large : The High Renaissance: Bramante and his associates -- Epilogue : From medieval towards neo-classical abroad.
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (928 pages), (800 illustrations)
- Subjects:
- 723
720.9
Architecture, Medieval
Architecture, Renaissance
Architecture and society -- Europe - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781135666590
1135666598 - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.41421
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- 02_102.xml