Chartres Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space

Name: Chartres Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space
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ISBN: 9780863153914

ISBN-10: 0863153917

ISBN-13: 9780863153914

Edition: 2003

Authors: Gordon Strachan

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How does the experience of an architectural space affect us? What were the medieval master builders striving to achieve in the structure of Chartres Cathedral? This book explores the sacred geometry of Chartres and suggests that the origins of the gothic style may lie in Islamic architecture.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Floris Books
Publication date: 7/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Sacred Site at Chartres



The Islamic Origin of the Pointed Arch



Sacred Geometry and Abbot Suger



St Bernard and the Early Gothic Plan



Of Cubes and Ka'aba



The Plan of Chartres



Dionysius the Areopagite and the Unknown God



St Denis, Chartres and the Darkness of God


Endnotes


Bibliography


Index


Photographic acknowledgments