{"product_id":"the-gothic-cathedral-origins-of-gothic-architecture-and-the-medieval-concept-of-order-expanded-edition-paperback","title":"The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order - Expanded Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOtto Georg Von Simson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic work on Gothic religious architecture, now with added illustrations and a new section by the author on rose windows\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo other monument of a culture so radically different from our own is as much a part of contemporary life as the Gothic cathedral. In this illuminating book, esteemed art historian Otto Georg von Simson explores how Gothic architecture is an expression of supernatural reality, and shows how, to those who designed and worshipped in the great cathedrals of France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, this symbolic function of sacred architecture overshadowed all others. \u003ci\u003eThe Gothic Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers from the birth of the Gothic style with the Basilica of St.-Denis to the consummation of the form in the majestic Cathedral of Chartres, revealing how these incomparable architectural masterpieces embodied the spiritual and intellectual order of the medieval world.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis essay seeks to understand Gothic architecture as an image, more precisely, as the representation of supernatural reality. To those who designed the cathedrals, as to their contemporaries who worshiped in them, this symbolic aspect or function of sacred architecture overshadowed all others. To us, it has become the least comprehensible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOtto Georg von Simson\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-1993) was professor emeritus of art history at the Free University of Berlin. His books include \u003ci\u003eSacred Fortress: Byzantine Art and Statecraft in Ravenna\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.44 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45608637169861,"sku":"9780691018676","price":81.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/90iXWj__399780691018676.webp?v=1781272766","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-gothic-cathedral-origins-of-gothic-architecture-and-the-medieval-concept-of-order-expanded-edition-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}