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Framing the Church

Framing the Church

The Social and Artistic Power of Buttresses in French Gothic Architecture

By Maile S. Hutterer

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Publish Date

2020

Publisher

Pennsylvania State University Press

Language

eng

Pages

224

Description:

"Examines Gothic architecture and the visual and cultural significance of the adoption of externalized buttressing systems in twelfth-century France. Demonstrates how buttressing frames operated as sites of display, points of transition, and mechanisms of demarcation"--