Medieval Architecture in Western Europe

Description

For the first time, instructors of Medieval Architecture have a selective survey that obviates the need to piece together teaching material from several sources. Medieval Architecture in Western Europe: From A.D. 300 to 1500 presents a selection of major monuments of Medieval European architecture in a single volume. Beginning with a study of structural antecedents found in late Roman architecture, the author examines Early Christian borrowings and transformations and selected representative types of Byzantine buildings. The following chapters cover the development of the monastic complex, traditional forms of Northern timber construction, and the contributions of the Carolingian and Ottonian empires. Spanish structures from the seventh century through the tenth century set the stage for the development of the Romanesque style, examined in its various regional manifestations. After identifying the structural sources of Gothic architecture, the author presents the evolving regional Gothic styles, Late Gothic elaborations and innovations, and representative types of secular architecture. The text concludes with an informative chapter on medieval building practices and the tradition of the Master Mason.
Medieval Architecture in Western Europe: From A.D. 300 to 1500 is thoroughly illustrated with plans, sections, diagrams, and photographs, and also includes an IBM-compatible CD-ROM, featuring over 800 supplementary views and details of the buildings discussed, all in color. Filling the gap between general surveys of architectural history and specialized works on specific periods and regions, this book is ideal for introductory courses in Medieval Architecture, but will also satisfy any reader with an interest in the Middle Ages.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. CLASSICAL ANTECEDENTS
Structure
Plan and Aesthetic Effects
Architectural Details and Symbolic Form
2. EARLY CHRISTIAN BUILDINGS TO A.D. 500
Early Christian Meeting Places
The Early Christian Basilica
Centralized Buildings
Combined Structures
3. JUSTINIAN'S BUILDINGS
Haghia Sophia and Its Precursors
Other Buildings Under Justinian
4. LATER BYZANTINE VARIATIONS
5. EARLY MONASTICISM AND NORTHERN TRADITIONS
The Growth of Monasticism
Northern Timber Construction
Gallo-Roman and Merovingian Buildings
6. CAROLINGIAN ASSIMILATIONS AND INNOVATIONS
7. OTTONIAN CONTINUATIONS
8. VISIGOTHIC, ASTURIAN, MUSLIM, AND MOZARABIC BEGINNINGS IN SPAIN
9. EARLY ROMANESQUE SOLUTIONS
10. ROMANESQUE STYLES IN FRANCE
Developing Romanesque in Burgundy
Romanesque Pilgrimage Churches
The Auvergne
Perigord and Aquitaine
Cistercian Reactions
11. OTHER ROMANESQUE VARIATIONS: GERMANY AND ITALY
Germany
Italy
12. ANGLO-SAXON, NORMAN, AND ANGLO-NORMAN ROMANESQUE
Anglo-Saxon England
Norman Romanesque
Anglo-Norman Romanesque
13. EARLY GOTHIC IN FRANCE
14. THIRTEENTH-CENTURY GOTHIC IN FRANCE
15. REGIONAL GOTHIC STYLES
England
Germany
Italy
16. THE RAYONNANT STYLE IN FRANCE AND EUROPEAN IMITATIONS
17. LATE GOTHIC ELABORATIONS AND INNOVATIONS
England: Decorative and Perpendicular Styles
France: The Flamboyant Style
Spain: New Variations
Italy: An Interpretation of Northern Suggestions
Germany, Prussia, Bohemia: Net Vaults and Cellular Vaults
18. SECULAR ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
19. MEDIEVAL BUILDERS AND BUILDING PRACTICES
NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY