Framing the Church
An edition of Framing the Church (2020)
The Social and Artistic Power of Buttresses in French Gothic Architecture
By Maile S. Hutterer
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"--