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Arts of the Medieval Cathedrals - Studies on Architecture, Stained Glass and Sculpture in Honor of Anne Prache (Hardcover, Festschrift)
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Arts of the Medieval Cathedrals - Studies on Architecture, Stained Glass and Sculpture in Honor of Anne Prache (Hardcover, Festschrift)
Series: AVISTA Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science and Art
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The touchstones of Gothic monumental art in France - the abbey
church of Saint-Denis and the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and
Bourges - form the core of this collection dedicated to the memory
of Anne Prache. The essays reflect the impact of Prache's career,
both as a scholar of wide-ranging interests and as a builder of
bridges between the French and American academic communities. Thus
the authors include scholars in France and the United States, both
academics and museum professionals, while the thematic matrix of
the book, divided into architecture, stained glass, and sculpture,
reflects the multiple media explored by Prache during her long
career. The essays employ a varied range of methodologies to
explore Gothic monuments. The chapters in the architectural section
include an intensive archeological analysis of the foundations of
Reims Cathedral, the close reading of a late medieval literary text
for a symbolic understanding of Paris, and essays that explore the
medieval use of practical geometry in designing entire buildings
and their components. Saint-Denis, Reims, and Chartres, all
monuments studied by Prache, are discussed in the next part, on
stained glass. These chapters demonstrate how old problems can be
clarified by new evidence, whether from the accessibility of
previously unknown archival information, for Reims, or through
revelations that arise from restoration, at Chartres. These essays
also include a study showing the complexity of making attributions
for the storied glass of Saint-Denis. The final set of essays
likewise takes different approaches to sculpture, whether
constructing links to the liturgy at Reims, or discussing the
meaning of a sculptural ensemble studied by Prache early in her
career, the cloister of Notre-Dame-en-Vaux in
ChAclons-en-Champagne, or scrupulously examining the faAade
sculpture at Bourges Cathedral for insights into the design
process. As a whole, the volume provides a window onto key
directions in the study of
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