Believing and Seeing: The Art of Gothic Cathedrals

by Roland Recht

Book Overview

Developments in medieval science that elevated sight above the other senses found religious expression in the Christian emphasis on miracles, relics, and elaborate structures. In his incisive survey of Gothic art and architecture, Roland Recht argues that this preoccupation with vision as a key to religious knowledge profoundly affected a broad range of late medieval works.

In addition to the great cathedrals of France, Recht explores key religious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226706079
• ISBN13: 9780226706078
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"