The Age of Cathedrals: Art and Society, 980-1420
by Duby, Georges
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1981 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. v, 312 pp, Part I. The Monastery, 980-1130: 1. Imperial Art; 2. The World of Feudalism; 3. The Monks; 4. The Threshold. Part II. The Cathedrals, 1130-1280: 5. God Is Light; 6. The Age of Reason, 1190-1250; 7. Happiness, 1250-1280. Part III. The Palace, 1280-1420: 8. New Men: 9. The Imitation of Christ; 10. Possession of the World; Illustrations, index with 35 b&w plates. Translated by Eleanor Levieux & Barbara Thompson: First English Edition, 1981. "Recognizing that a work of art is the product of a particular time and place as mucn as it is the creation of an individual, the author provides a sweeping survey of the changing mentalities of the Middle Ages as reflected in the art and architecture of the period." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Only the faintest wear to dj, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine..
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Title
- The Age of Cathedrals: Art and Society, 980-1420
- Author
- Duby, Georges
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- ART HISTORY MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION ART AND SOCIETY CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- ART HISTORY;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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