Title: Disciplined exuberance
First published: 1998
Description: In the wake of the Hundred Years' War, Northern Europe saw a reordering of financial, political, and social institutions and with it a change in architectural style. The church of Saint-Maclou in Rouen, which is the most celebrated example of Late Gothic building in France, reflects a society that sought social order in the past while redefining new roles for individuals.

Linda Neagley now looks at how this particular parish came to build the church, offering a series of interpretive essays that explore its sociopolitical, artisanal, and cultural contexts.

Disciplined Exuberance provides a wealth of previously unpublished documentary evidence concerning building in fifteenth-century Rouen and Paris and applies computer-based methodology to design analysis. It offers a new criterion for examining French Flamboyant architecture and a new appreciation for this important monument.
Subjects: Architecture, Gothic, Buildings, structures, Church architecture, Criticism and interpretation, Gothic Architecture, Saint Maclou (Church : Rouen, France), Church architecture, france, Rouen (france), description and travel
Places: France, Rouen, Rouen (France)
People: Pierre Robin Master mason
LC classification: NA5551.R616 N43 1998