Paris And Her Cathedrals R Howard Bloch Ww Norton Co Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Architecture

Over The Years R Howard Bloch Has Become Renowned For Insider Tours Of Paris That He Gives To Students Abroad Long Sought After By Travellers And History Buffs His Near-Encyclopaedic Knowledge French Cathedrals Eminent Literature Scholar Finally Shares Expertise With A Wider Audience In Her Six Most Sublime Penumbra Paris—Saint-Denis Notre-Dame Chartres Sainte-Chapelle Amiens Reims—Are Illumined Magnificent Detail As Taking Us From High Middle Ages Devastating Fire Set Ablaze 2019 Traces Evolution Each Turn Written Premise “Seeing Is Enhanced Knowing” Chapter Organised Along Lines Walk Around Then Through Space Cathedral Such Actual Or Virtual Visitor Feels Rich Sweep Church “The Essence These Architectural Wonders” (Antonia Felix) Animating Past Lush Evocations Splendour—From Flying Buttresses Jewel-Encrusted Shrines Hidden Burial Grounds Secret Chambers—Bloch Contextualises Within Annals Here Thrilling Tales Kingly Intrigue—As Saint-Chapelle Where Pious King Louis Ix Amassed Relics Including Christ’s Crown Thorns—And Audacious Abbots Are Interspersed Anecdotes About Meeting Aristocratic Everyday Life Culminating “A Colourful Narrative Clearly But Expertly Explains Symbolism Some World’s Buildings” (Ross King) Be Read Preparation An Enlightened Visit Merely Open Window Upon France “Revelation ” “Indispensable Guide” (Garry Wills) Awe-Inspiring Structures Complete Author’s Own Photographs This Beautifully Illustrated Volume Vitally Enhances Our Understanding Its Environs Σελίδες: 368 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0705 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm