The West
Christopher Tadgell
Christopher Tadgell covers the major architectural traditions of Middle Ages, from Romanesque architecture ninth and tenth centuries, built on legacy ancient Rome including elements Carolingian, Ottonian, Byzantine northern European traditions, through to evolution Gothic which heralded new, structurally daring architecture. The book ends with Italian rediscovery classical ideas ideals emergence great Renaissance theorists architects, Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante. As well as palazzos, villas churches Italy, this period saw building chateaux in France, palaces Germany golden-domed cathedrals Russia. With more than two thousand images, many plans, West is a beautiful, single-volume guide history period, covering whole Europe Ireland Russia placing developments within their political, technological, artistic intellectual contexts.
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