At the dawn of Gothic architecture.
Picard| N° d'inventaire | 9540 |
| Format | 19.5 x 26 |
| Détails | 361 p., numerous illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2006 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
The emergence of Gothic architecture in the Île-de-France region shortly before the middle of the 12th century constitutes one of the most astonishing artistic upheavals of the Western Middle Ages. Who were the men, patrons and architects, who invented this new art of building? What aspirations drove them to reconsider all aspects of construction and monumental decoration? Which buildings played a decisive role in technical experimentation and formal transformations? These are some of the major questions to which Jacques Henriet provides precise answers, obtained through the assiduous visit to monuments, the systematic exploitation of archival collections and the rereading of ancient sources. At the dawn of Gothic architecture brings together nine articles by Jacques Henriet published between 1976 and 2001, preceded by a previously unpublished text on major construction sites. Through the study of prestigious buildings (Sens Cathedral), little-known ones (Saint-Germer-de-Fly, Saint Martin d'Etampes) or disappeared ones (Saint-Lucien de Beauvais), the work invites us on a journey covering a wide period (circa 1130-1180) and leading from the beginnings (Fontgombault) to the spread of the style (Cherlieu, Lausanne Cathedral). Completed with a bibliographic update on the architecture of the first Gothic art, this book constitutes an essential reference on a subject still lacking a comprehensive study. It thus allows us to measure the extent to which the works of Jacques Henriet marked a decisive step in our knowledge of this period.
The emergence of Gothic architecture in the Île-de-France region shortly before the middle of the 12th century constitutes one of the most astonishing artistic upheavals of the Western Middle Ages. Who were the men, patrons and architects, who invented this new art of building? What aspirations drove them to reconsider all aspects of construction and monumental decoration? Which buildings played a decisive role in technical experimentation and formal transformations? These are some of the major questions to which Jacques Henriet provides precise answers, obtained through the assiduous visit to monuments, the systematic exploitation of archival collections and the rereading of ancient sources. At the dawn of Gothic architecture brings together nine articles by Jacques Henriet published between 1976 and 2001, preceded by a previously unpublished text on major construction sites. Through the study of prestigious buildings (Sens Cathedral), little-known ones (Saint-Germer-de-Fly, Saint Martin d'Etampes) or disappeared ones (Saint-Lucien de Beauvais), the work invites us on a journey covering a wide period (circa 1130-1180) and leading from the beginnings (Fontgombault) to the spread of the style (Cherlieu, Lausanne Cathedral). Completed with a bibliographic update on the architecture of the first Gothic art, this book constitutes an essential reference on a subject still lacking a comprehensive study. It thus allows us to measure the extent to which the works of Jacques Henriet marked a decisive step in our knowledge of this period.