The age of cathedrals : art and society, 980-1420 / Georges Duby ; translated by Eleanor Levieux and Barbara Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duby, Georges.

Contributor:

Levieux, Eleanor.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Temps des cathédrales. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Art, Medieval.

Art and society.

Civilization, Medieval.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

v pages, 1 unnumbered page, 312 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 31 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1981.

Summary:

Recognizing that a work of art is the product of a particular time and place as much as it is the creation of an individual, Duby provides a sweeping survey of the changing mentalities of the Middle Ages as reflected in the art and architecture of the period. "If "Age of the Cathedrals" has a fault, it is that Professor Duby knows too much, has too many new ideas and takes such a delight in setting them out. . . insights whiz to and fro like meteorites."--John Russell, "New York Times Book Review"

Contents:

I. The Monastery, 980-1130

II. The Cathedrals, 1130-1280

III. The Palace, 1280-1420.

Notes:

"The revised French edition of this work was published as 'Le temps des cathédrales: L'art et la société 980-1420, copyright 1976 by Editions Gallimard."

Includes index.

Local Notes:

"Gotham Book Mart Collection copy is "A Phoenix Book published by the University of Chicago Press."

ISBN:

0226167690 :

0226167704

OCLC:

123135359