Some of the great and lasting achievements of the Middle Ages and
the Renaissance are the architectural wonders of soaring cathedrals
and grand castles and palaces. While many of these edifices
survive, many more are lost, and it is within the pages of
illuminated manuscripts that we often find the best record of the
appearance of these amazing buildings. This volume illustrates the
creative ways in which medieval artists represented architecture,
offering insight into what these buildings meant for medieval
people. Such structures were not just made to be inhabited--they
symbolized grandeur, power, and even heaven on earth. Building the
Medieval World accompanies an exhibition of the same name on view
at the J. Paul Getty Museum from March 2 through May 16,
2010.
Building the Medieval World is the fourth in the popular Medieval
Imagination series of small, affordable books drawing on manuscript
illumination in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the
British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme and
provides an accessible, delightful introduction to the imagination
of the medieval world.
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