Universe of Stone: Chartres Cathedral and the Triumph of the Medieval Mind - Brossura

Ball, Philip

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ISBN 10: 0099499444 ISBN 13: 9780099499442

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2009

Riassunto

In the twelfth century, Christians in Europe began to build a completely new kind of church - soaring, spacious monuments flooded with light from immense windows. These were the first Gothic churches, the crowning example of which was the cathedral of Chartres: a revolution in thought embodied in stone and glass, and a bridge between the ancient and modern worlds.

In Universe of Stone, Philip Ball explains the genesis and development of the Gothic style. He argues that it signified a profound change in the social, intellectual and theological climate of Western Christendom. As the church represented nothing less than a vision of heaven on earth, this shift in architectural style marked the beginning of the argument between faith and reason which continues today, and of a scientific view of the world that threatened to dispense with God altogether.

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Recensione:

"[Ball] has a knack for translating difficult concepts into lucid prose: he offers a refreshingly sceptical guided tour of Chartres Cathedral and the intellectual contents that helped produce it" (Daily Telegraph)

"Lucid and resplendent...a model of explanatory writing" (John Carey Sunday Times)

"Consistently and healthily sceptical ... an intelligent, enjoyable and well-produced book which deserves a wide audience" (Times Literary Supplement)

"An original and imaginative synthesis of art history and history of science" (History Today)

"Lucid and resplendent" (The Times)

Descrizione del libro:

Award-winning author Philip Ball illuminates the medieval mind through a study of the greatest architectural masterpiece of the period, Chartres Cathedral.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0099499444
• ISBN 13: 9780099499442
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336