Early Medieval Architecture As Bearer of Meaning

Name: Early Medieval Architecture As Bearer of Meaning
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ISBN: 9780231127042

ISBN-10: 0231127049

ISBN-13: 9780231127042

Edition: 2005

Authors: Gunter Bandmann, Kendall Wallis, Hans Bï¿½ker, Hans Bï¿½ker

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First published in 1951 & now at last available in English, this book conveys an analysis of the societies in western Europe up to the 12th century that aspired to be the heirs of the Roman Empire.

Book details

List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 7/6/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 0.69" wide x 0.95" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Gunter Bandmann was an eminent German historian who wrote on architecture and church history. Kendall Wallis is the humanities and social sciences librarian at McGill University. Hans Bï¿½ker is professor of architectural history at McGill University.



Introduction


Form and Type Reception Claim



Indicating Coining




The Problem of Meaning in Architecture


The Essence of Meaning


The Medieval Work of Art Aesthetic Meaning


The Current State of Research on Symbolic and Historical


Meaning in Architecture Sources and Methods: The Sources Sources and Methods: The Methods



The Symbolic Meaning of Buildings According to Written and Visual Sources


The Written Sources


The Visual Sources


Summary



Historical Meaning Tradition and Habit


Turning Toward Historicity


The Effects of Historical Meaning



The Decline of Symbolic and Historical Meaning Reform and Secularization


The Predominance of Artistic Tendencies


The New Awareness of Space


Summary


Afterword