Picturing the Celestial City
Subtitle: the medieval stained glass of Beauvais Cathedral
By: Michael W. Cothren.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780691120805
Subjects: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France); Glass painting and staining, Gothic -- France -- Beauvais; Glass painting and staining -- France -- Beauvais; Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Beauvais -- Medieval, 500-1500
Description: "The cathedral of Saint-Pierre in Beauvais, France, is most famous as a failure - its choir vaults came crashing down in 1284 - and only secondarily for its soaring beauty. This illustrated book represents the first serious look at the stunning collection of Gothic stained glass windows that has always dominated the experience of those who enter Beauvais Cathedral."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: The first campaign:  Glazing the Virgin Chapel during the 1240s; title: The Second Campaign:  The original glazing of the Upper Choir, ca. 1255-1265; title: The Third Campaign:  Post-collapse repair & refurbishment in chapels during the 1290s; title: The Fourth Campaign:  Restorers and creators, working upstairs and down in the 1340s; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix A: restoration history; title: Appendix B: Stained glass from Beauvais now in the Musee de Picardie in Amiens; title: Appendix C: The houses of Roche Guyon and the Chatelains of Beauvais in the  Fourteenth century.