Early medieval architecture as bearer of meaning / Günter Bandmann ; translated, with an introduction, by Kendall Wallis ; afterword by Hans Josef Böker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bandmann, Günter.

Contributor:

Böker, Hans.

Wallis, Kendall.

Standardized Title:

Mittelalterliche Architektur als Bedeutungsträger. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Medieval.

Symbolism in architecture--Europe.

Symbolism in architecture.

Christian art and symbolism--Medieval, 500-1500.

Christian art and symbolism.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Europe.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

Decoration and ornament, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At last available in English, this classic text was originally published in Germany in 1951 and has been continuously in print since then. Gunter Bandmann analyzes the architecture of societies in western Europe up to the twelfth century that aspired to be the heirs to the Roman Empire. He examines the occurrence and recurrence of basic forms not as stylistic evolutions but as meaningful expressions of meta-material content and develops an architectural iconography of symbolic, historical, and aesthetic elements.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Bearing Bandmann's Meaning: A Translator's Introduction

1. The Problem of Meaning in Architecture

2. The Symbolic Meaning of Buildings According to Written and Visual Sources

3. Historical Meaning

4. The Decline of Symbolic and Historical Meaning

Afterword / Böker, Hans Josef

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613790934

9781281774583

1281774588

9780231501729

0231501722

OCLC:

826476279