
Building the Medieval World
Christine Sciacca(Author)
Getty Publications (Publisher)
Published on 31. March 2010
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-1-60606-006-3 (ISBN)
Description
Some of the great and lasting achievements of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are the architectural wonders of soaring cathedrals, grand castles and palaces. While many of these edifices survive, many more are lost, and it is within the pages of illuminated manuscripts that we often find the best record of the appearance of these amazing buildings. This volume illustrates the creative ways in which medieval artists represented architecture, offering insight into what these buildings meant for medieval people. Such structures were not just made to be inhabited - they symbolised grandeur, power, and even heaven on earth.
'Building the Medieval World' is fourth in the popular Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books drawing on manuscript illumination in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme and provides an accessible, delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world.
'Building the Medieval World' is fourth in the popular Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books drawing on manuscript illumination in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme and provides an accessible, delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Los Angeles
United States
Publishing group
Getty Trust Publications
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
102 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 200 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
505 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60606-006-3 (9781606060063)
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Person
Christine Sciacca is assistant curator in the Department of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.