Architecture as cosmology
Subtitle: Lincoln Cathedral and English Gothic architecture
By: John Shannon Hendrix
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781433113161
Subjects: Lincoln Cathedral; Gothic Architecture; Architecture and cosmology
Other titles: Lincoln Cathedral and English Gothic architecture
Description: Architecture as Cosmology examines the precedents, interpretations, and influences of the architecture of one of the great buildings in the history of architecture, Lincoln Cathedral. It analyzes the origin and development of its architectural forms, which were to a great extent unprecedented and were very influential in the development of English Gothic architecture and in conceptions of architecture to the present day. Architecture as Cosmology emphasizes the relation of the architectural forms to medieval philosophy, focusing on the writings of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln (1235-53). The architecture is seen as a text of the philosophy, cosmology, and theology of medieval English culture. This book should be useful to anyone interested in architecture, architectural history, architectural theory, Gothic architecture, and medieval philosophy. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Precedents for the architecture of Lincoln Cathedral; title: Interpretations of the architecture of Lincoln Cathedral, 1190-1250; title: The geometries of Robert Grosseteste and the architecture of Lincoln Cathedral; title: Early English; title: Decorated; title: Curvilinear; title: Perpendicular.