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
• 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).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.