Gothic Architecture.

PAUL. FRANKL

Yale University Press, 2000 - Architecture - 408 pages

This magisterial study of Gothic architecture traces the meaning and development of the Gothic style through medieval churches across Europe. Ranging geographically from Poland to Portugal and from Sicily to Scotland and chronologically from 1093 to 1530, the book analyzes changes from Romanesque to Gothic as well as the evolution within the Gothic style and places these changes in the context of the creative spirit of the Middle Ages.In its breadth of outlook, its command of detail, and its theoretical enterprise, Frankl's book has few equals in the ambitious Pelican History of Art series. It is single-minded in its pursuit of the general principles that informed all aspects of Gothic architecture and its culture. In this edition Paul Crossley has revised the original text to take into account the proliferation of recent literature -- books, reviews, exhibition catalogues, and periodicals -- that have emerged in a variety of languages. New illustrations have also been included.

Contents

• Introduction by Paul Crossley: 7
• Foreword: 33
• Introduction: 41
• The Transition: 51
• The Early Gothic Period: 67
• The High Gothic Style 11941300: 105
• The Late Gothic Style: 187
• Choirs with an Even Number of Sides: 200
• The FanVault: 209
• The Beginnings of the Flamboyant: 216
• Variations between 1390 and 1420: 219
• The Mature Late Gothic Style in Germany: 224
• The Mature Flamboyant: 231
• Spiral Shafts Doublecurved Ribs Concave Profiles Concavesided Arches Arches like Branches of Trees DiamondVaults: 233
• Continuous Recession: 242
• The Gothic Style and the Style of the Renaissance: 258
• The Survival of the Gothic Style: 259
• The General Problems of the Gothic Style: 261
• The Term Gothic and the Concept of the Gothic Style: 263
• The Development of the Gothic Style seen as an Immanent Process: 264
• The Meaning and the Purpose of Church Architecture: 269
• Symbols of Meaning: 271
• Form Symbols: 274
• Gothic Architecture considered as Art: 277
• Secular Architecture during the Period of the Gothic Style: 278
• Gothic Sculpture: 290
• Gothic Painting: 293
• The Gothic Style and Scholasticism: 295
• The Root of the Gothic Style: 297
• Notes: 301
• Bibliography: 371
• Index: 399

Bibliographic information

• Title: Gothic Architecture.; Volume 19 of The Pelican History of Art; Yale University Press Pelican History of Art
• Author: PAUL. FRANKL
• Editor: Paul Crossley
• Compiled by: Paul Crossley
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Yale University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0300087993, 9780300087994
• Length: 408 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Buildings / Religious; Architecture / History / General