Название: The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
Автор: Robert A. Scott
Издательство: Univ of California Pr
ISBN: 0520231775
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 307
Для сайта: litmy.ru
Размер: 4,4 МБ
Язык: Английский


The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. This engrossing book surveys an era that has fired the historical imagination for centuries. In it Robert A. Scott explores why medieval people built Gothic cathedrals, how they built them, what conception of the divine lay behind their creation, and how religious and secular leaders used cathedrals for social and political purposes. As a travelers companion or a rich source of knowledge for the armchair enthusiast,The Gothic Enterprise helps us understand how ordinary people managed such tremendous feats of physical and creative energy at a time when technology was rudimentary, famine and disease were rampant, the climate was often harsh, and communal life was unstable and incessantly violent.