Gothic art.

London, Parked and Co 1888, cm.13x18, pp.336, VIII, Hardcover Gilt titles. red decorative boards Seventh Edition revised.

The Metropolitan Museum Of Art. Munchen, Prestel Verlag 1986, cm.22,5x30, pp.500 ill. bn.e a colori. brossura copertina figurata a colori. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, artworks and items described and illustrated in the catalogue. Includes religious items, stained glass, painting, decorative arts, sculpture, graphic arts, arms and armor, more.

Thames & Hudson 2006, cm.28x34, pp.480, legatura editoriale in tutta tela, sopracoperta figurata a colori. This sumptuous book offers a full account of the origins and development of twenty-two of the most outstanding carved altarpieces from churches. An extensive introduction provides the necessary background to an understanding of the origin and evolution of altarpieces whilst the colour plates, specially commissioned for this book, capture the stunning details of these sculptures.

Photography by Achim Bednorz. Koln, Konemann 1999, cm.27,5x32, pp.520, ill.a colori. legatura editoriale cartonata, sopracoperta figurata a colori. Gothic art originated around 1140 in the Ile-de-France. Initially confined to the cathedrals and the most important abbeys of this region, it was soon to be regarded as a model for the rest of France and finally for Europe as a whole. The new style was not solely confined to the sacral domain, but rather increasingly invaded the secular and private spheres. Gothic is the first art-historical epoch from which art works of all genres have survived. Prominent among these remarkable works are the numerous richlyvaried cathedrals, the abbeys and town churches with their sequences of sculptures, colorful windows, wall paintings, gold work and book illuminations. Alongside these, the diverse town sites, the castles and palaces with their elaborate and artistic furnishings, continue to amaze the modern viewer. The present volume describes the development of Gothic in all its diversity. Beginning with the initial flourishing of Gothic architecture in France, the book traces its early reception in neighboring countries. Individual essays are devoted to the specific formal development of Gothic architecture in England, the " Germanspeaking countries, " Italy, Spain, Portugal, norrhern and eastern Europe as well as tests on late Cothic architecture in France and the Netherlands. The history of Gothic sculpture and painting with its changing pictorial themes and representational forms is also presented with reference to specific countries. Separate contributions on stained glass and gold work and individual studies devoted to special themes - to the Cathar heresy, to the Papal Palace in Avignon, to urban development, to technical knowledge - complete the period's overview. This book's many illustrations match the wide subject range of the Gothic period ; approximately two-thirds of the 780 illustrations were especially photographed for this volume. The various art-historical contributions were written exclusively by experts.