Reading the reverse façade of Reims Cathedral
Subtitle: royalty and ritual in 13th-century France
By: Donna L. Sadler
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781409432432
Subjects: High Gothic Sculpture; Notre-Dame de Reims (Cathedral); Christian art and symbolism; Symbolism in art; French Figure sculpture; Facades; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reading Reims Cathedral through the palimpsest of its past; title: The reverse façade as complement to iconographic program; title: Mirror of princes in stone; title: Marriage of form and content; title: The royal context of Reims Cathedral's reverse façade.