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Item Details
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GREAT MONASTERIES OF EUROPE
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| By: |
Bernhard Schutz, Henri Gaud, Joseph Martin (Photos) |
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Hardback |
| List price:
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£95.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0789208296 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780789208293 |
| Publisher: |
ABBEVILLE PRESS INC.,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
14 September, 2004 |
| Pages: |
480 |
| Description: |
In addition to serving as religious refuges, monasteries provided sanctuary for the pursuits of art, education, science and book production. This book traces the development of the art and architecture of these important buildings from early Carolingian examples in the 8th century to a modern Le Corbusier structure. |
| Synopsis: |
This remarkable book is a comprehensive examination of the art and architecture of European monasteries, from early Carolingian examples in the eighth century to a modern structure by Le Corbusier in 1960, featuring an authoritative text and more than five hundred stunning, full-color photographs.This unsurpassed survey offers a fresh chronicle of a largely overlooked subject and hundreds of marvelous images, many of them newly photographed, of more than 150 of the most interesting and best preserved monasteries in Spain, Portugal, France, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Italy? all of which are accessible to visitors. Here are unique views of the art and architecture of such treasured places as Mont St. Michel, a wondrous Benedictine sanctuary off the coast of Brittany, and the fabled pilgrimage site in Assisi founded by St. Francis.In an insightful text the author describes the cultural heritage of each of the monasteries portrayed and provides an introduction to monasticism and to the various orders dating from the early Christian era to the present. In addition, the volume offers plans of the sites, a glossary, and a bibliography. Historians and collectors of great books of art history will be intrigued by this unsurpassed collection of photographs and fascinating account of the artistic glory of European monasteries. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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