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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

Categorie	Algemeen Landen & Volkeren
Boeknummer	#390033-ZD32
Titel	Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
Auteur	Adams, Henry
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	New Jersey : Princeton University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1981
ISBN10	0691003351
ISBN13	9780691003351
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding of the period, makes it a classic in art history as well as in American literature. He wrote, "I wanted to show the intensity of the vital energy of a given time, and of course that intensity had to be stated in its two highest terms-religion and art." Henry Adams' record of his journeys through France, searching for images of unity in an age of conflict, is accompanied by observations on literature, politics, religion, and maior church leaders such as Abelard, St. Fra... (Lees verder)ncis of Assisi, and St. Thomas Aquinas.
Pagina's	398
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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