The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame: Medievalism and the Monsters of Modernity

by Michael Camille

Most of the seven million people who visit the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris each year probably do not realize that the legendary gargoyles adorning this medieval masterpiece were not constructed until the nineteenth century. The first comprehensive history of these world-famous monsters, The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame argues that they transformed the iconic thirteenth-century cathedral into a modern monument. Michael Camille begins his long-awaited...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226092453
• ISBN13: 9780226092454
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.8" x 9.3"