Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres / Henry Adams ; with an introduction Ralph Adams Cram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918, author.

Contributor:

Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Medieval.

Cathedrals.

Civilization, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1989]

Summary:

This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding of the period, makes it a classic in art history as well as in American literature. He wrote, "I wanted to show the intensity of the vital energy of a given time, and of course that intensity had to be stated in its two highest terms-religion and art." Henry Adams' record of his journeys through France, searching for images of unity in an age of conflict, is accompanied by observations on literature, politics, religion, and maior church leaders such as Abelard, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Thomas Aquinas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editor's Note

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

CHAPTER I SAINT MICHIEL DE LA MER DEL PERIL

CHAPTER II LA CHANSON DE ROLAND

CHAPTER III THE MERVEILLE

CHAPTER IV NORMANDY AND THE ILE DE FRANCE

CHAPTER V TOWERS AND PORTALS

CHAPTER VI THE VIRGIN OF CHARTRES

CHAPTER VII ROSES AND APSES

CHAPTER VIII THE TWELFTH-CENTURY GLASS

CHAPTER IX THE LEGENDARY WINDOWS

CHAPTER X THE COURT OF THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN

CHAPTER XI THE THREE QUEENS

CHAPTER XII NICOLETTE AND MARION

CHAPTER XIII LES MIRACLES DE NOTRE DAME

CHAPTER XIV ABÉLARD

CHAPTER XV THE MYSTICS

CHAPTER XVI SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Adams, Henry Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

ISBN:

9780691241975

069124197X

OCLC:

1293256765