Cathedral builders of middle ages

Even now, the great cathedrals of the Middle Ages overwhelm us by their imagination, technical daring and sheer scale. How could such structures be built when cities had only a few thousand inhabitants and only the most primitive machinery was available? Who initiated them? Who designed them? Who paid for them? Through the documentary records that remain (many of which are quoted at length), and drawings and details from contemporary art, we are led into the extraordinary world of the medieval master mason.

Product details

• Authors: Alain Erlande Brandenberg, Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, Erlande-Brandenburg Alain, Rosemary Stonehewer, Stonehewer Rosemary
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.1995
• EAN: 9780500300527
• ISBN: 978-0-500-30052-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 260 g
• Series: New Horizons; New Horizons S.; New Horizons
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Europe, HISTORY / World, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, General and world history, Religious buildings, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Architecture: religious buildings