Medieval Architecture / Medieval Art
by Piva, Paolo, editor
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
C1c. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Editoriale Jaca/The Folio Society, Milano, Italy, 2012. 288, 287 pgs. Illustrated in color and black and white. Issued in slipcase. Slipcase lightly scuffed and worn with top edge of the slipcase split open. Bound in decorated cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Volume I has 6 essays on: the orientation of early Christian church building; church building in the High Middle Ages; the ambulatory & pilgrimage routes in Western churches; Romanesque sculpture & liturgy; wall paintings in Romanesque buildings; Gothic cathedrals & sculpted portals. Volume II has 6 essays on: the perception of the Middle Ages; technical 'progress' & development of structural systems in religious buildings; iconography & iconology in medieval architecture; the sculted facade; cathedrals & the origins of the Gothic; 'liturgical space', architecture, fittings, iconography. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Last Exit Books (US)
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- Title
- Medieval Architecture / Medieval Art
- Author
- Piva, Paolo, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Place of Publication
- C1c
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