Building the medieval world
By: Christine Sciacca.
Series: The medieval imagination
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781606060063
Subjects: Architecture, Medieval; Architecture and society -- Europe; Architecture, Medieval, in art; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Table of contents: title: Introduction : architecture in medieval life; title: Mirror of the medieval world; title: The castle; title: Church spaces; title: Medieval cities, towns, and countryside; title: Documenting historical buildings; title: Medieval construction methods; title: Focus : architecture inside and out; title: Architecture in stories and symbols; title: Architecture in scripture; title: Architecture in medieval literature; title: Saints and their architectural symbols; title: The Virgin Mary and the church; title: Focus : architecture takes center stage; title: Architecture beyond buildings; title: Architecture in the margins; title: Triumphal arches and niches of honor; title: Framing charts and texts; title: Structuring compositions; title: Focus : architecture abstracted.