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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 2nd Edition. 2014 printing of 1st pbk. ed., with revisions to 2nd ed., 1992 ; 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm ; ISBN 9780500276815, 0500276811 OCLC 26756220 ; LCCN 89050544 ; LC NA5453 .W55 2014 ; Dewey 726/.6/0940902 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Early Gothic -- Thirteenth- century Gothic -- Late Gothic ; "The four centuries from c. 1130 to c. 1530 saw the creation of hundreds of great churches, among them some of the world's supreme architectural achievements. The great majority were built by cathedral chapters, and many of those which originally served other kinds of corporate body such as abbeys, colleges, and urban parishes have become cathedrals since the end of the medieval period. All these churches represented an investment of money and effort so immense that it is difficult to find a modern parallel. For their owners they were demonstrations of status; for the faithful at large they were votive offerings to God and the saints, at once signs of the piety of earthly society and symbols of the everlasting community of the saved. The architecture which embodies the celestial vision ranges through a whole spectrum of styles: meticulously articulated French Early Gothic, brittle glass-walled Rayonnant, eclectic and densely inventive English Decorated, jaggedly fantastical German late Gothic, blandly decorous Tuscan. This book, the first original synthesis of the subject in English for many years, focuses on the interaction between architectural design and the requirements of patrons, and follows the creative processes of architects by reconstructing the problems and opportunities which actually faced them. Christopher Wilson provides the reader with the essential facts on such aspects as chronology, structural techniques and stylistic development; but he goes further, asking not only "when?" and "how?" but also "why?" -- seeing the story as a sequence of choices from which new solutions arose which, in their turn, posed new challenges. The result is a fresh, perceptive and occasionally provocative book. Illustrated with carefully chosen photographs and specially drawn diagrams, it will undoubtedly become required reading on medieval Europe's most remarkable architectural legacy." --publisher ; FINE. Book. …