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Framing the church : the social and artistic power of buttresses in French Gothic architecture / Maile S. Hutterer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hutterer, Maile S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Gothic--France.
- Architecture, Gothic.
- France.
- Church architecture--France.
- Church architecture.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Examines Gothic architecture and the visual and cultural significance of the adoption of externalized buttressing systems in twelfth-century France. Demonstrates how buttressing frames operated as sites of display, points of transition, and mechanisms of demarcation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Visualizing buttressing and the aesthetics of the frame
- Negotiating buttress spaces
- Sculptural programs and the assertion of ecclesiastical hegemony
- Buttressing-frame systems as signs of spiritual protection.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-198) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271083445
- 0271083441
- OCLC:
- 1107057836
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