Mailan S Doquang

The Lithic Garden

Nature and the Transformation of the Medieval Church

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Produktbeschreibung

The Lithic Garden addresses the formal, symbolic, and ideological functions of foliate ornament in medieval French churches, offering remarkable new insights on the complex relationship between organic and figural sculptures, interior and exterior design, sacred and profane spaces, and artistic form and liturgy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 185mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9780190631796
• ISBN-10: 0190631791
• Artikelnr.: 49037392

Autorenporträt

Mailan S. Doquang holds a PhD in medieval architecture from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She has held lectureships at Princeton University, McGill University, and Ithaca College. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies, and the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Foliate Frieze as Architectonic Framing Device
Chapter 2: Paradise Found
Chapter 3: The True Vine
Chapter 4: The Golden Vine
The Garden: An Afterword
Notes