Discoveries: Cathedrals and Castles

by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg

Book Overview

Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries RM volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810928124
• ISBN13: 9780810928121
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A very enjoyable read

I recommend this book to anyone interested in the middle ages and/or architecture, it provides the reader with good background information on the construction process and its history. Numerous first hand accounts are presented, along with a great number of color illustrations to guide the reader and liven the work up, usually a couple per page. It also includes a long reference section in the back of different primary documents for further study. The only downside is that it is only an introductory guide, so it does not delve too specifically into the construction process. It does, however, provide a great backdrop for further learning, and was very entertaining the whole way through.