The Stones of Naples
Subtitle: Church Building in the Angevin Kingdom, 1266-1343
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: April 10, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300100396
Subjects: Religious Buildings; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Architecture; Europe; Architecture / Religious Buildings; History - General; Architecture, Gothic; Church architecture; France; Influence; Italy; Naples
Description: "The rich architectural legacy of the Angevins, three generations of French kings who reigned in southern Italy from 1266 to 1343, is little known today. This book examines Angevin religious architecture, which dominates Naples and many other southern Italian cities, by bringing to light for the first time the novelty and importance of these buildings, while extending current understanding of the broad variety of medieval architecture beyond the well-known cathedrals of France and England." "Illustrated with some two hundred photographs and reconstruction drawings of cathedrals, monasteries, and other monuments, this volume sets Angevin architecture in the larger context of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Europe, while underscoring the unique character of the buildings constructed by the French kings of Naples."--BOOK JACKET.