语种:
eng
中图分类法:
TU-098.3 版次：
著者:
Icher, François.
题名:
Building the Great Cathedrals / / ,
出版发行:
出版地： New York : 出版社： Harry N. Abrams, 出版日期： 1998.
载体形态:
200 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
内容提要:
"This volume is a study of the people who commissioned, designed, and built the great cathedrals of Europe, from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries. Historian Fran?cois Icher has written a lively, detailed account of the process by which these masterpieces of world architecture came to be - from their commissioning by a bishop or wealthy patron, to the hiring of an architect and mastercraftsmen, to the daily labor on the construction site. Icher explains how architects and masterbuilders were selected; how teams of craftsmen were assembled and brought in, often from far away; and he discusses the conditions and terms under which the work was undertaken. Daily schedules are described, as well as contracts, the apprentice system, and the type of work done by stonecutters, masons, sculptors, roofers, and makers of stained glass. He investigates the complex economic issues surrounding the funding of these massive projects, such as how money was raised, and what happened when it ran out and cathedrals or their towers were left unfinished. In addition, Icher draws on the social history of the era, examining such phenomena as the growth of cities in Europe and the expansion and organization of the guilds. Supplementing the author's highly readable narrative are many stories and anecdotes about particular cathedrals and their construction; an appendix of archival documents that furnish additional details about the construction process at various sites; and a bibliography. Building the Great Cathedrals is extensively illustrated with current photographs of many of the structures, with architectural drawings, and with art works such as mosaics and illuminated manuscript pages that depict scenes on the construction site, including craftsmen at work, individual tools and instruments, and symbols and emblems of the guilds and orders." --
主题词:
Cathedrals History.
主题词:
Kirchenbau