Framing the Church - The Social and Artistic Power of Buttresses in French Gothic Architecture

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.

About the author

Maile S. Hutterer is Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Oregon.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Maile S. Hutterer, Maile S. (Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture Hutterer
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.01.2020
• EAN: 9780271083445
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08344-5
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 254 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 1338 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; France, HISTORY / Europe / France, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, ARCHITECTURE / History / Medieval, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, c 1000 CE to c 1500, History of Architecture, Religious buildings, French Revolution, Architecture: religious buildings, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval