The Cathedral of Bourges and Its Place in Gothic Architecture

by Robert Branner

Book Overview

Since its original publication in 1963 in French, no work has challenged the authority of Robert Branner's classic study of the Bourges Cathedral. Branner explains and illustrates the importance of this grand cathedral to the development of High Gothic architecture from 1195 to the middle of the 13th century. The present edition retains the author's original, 14 meticulous plans and sections - the only accurate ones available for the cathedral - and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026252130X
• ISBN13: 9780262521307
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 308 Pages