LEADER 04558nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910456982103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-27815-4 010 $a9786613278159 010 $a0-520-94956-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520949560 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040912 035 $a(EBL)740301 035 $a(OCoLC)743694005 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537208 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11351360 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537208 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10551893 035 $a(PQKB)10834370 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC740301 035 $a(DE-B1597)519002 035 $a(OCoLC)755012364 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520949560 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL740301 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10484231 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL327815 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040912 100 $a20110223d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Gothic enterprise$b[electronic resource] $ea guide to understanding the medieval cathedral /$fRobert A. Scott ; with a new preface 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-26999-3 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface to the 2011 Edition -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: A Personal Journey -- $tPART I: A grand undertaking -- $tPART II: History -- $tPART III: The gothic look -- $tPART IV: The religious experience -- $tPART V: The gothic community -- $tCONCLUSION: Learning from Stonehenge -- $tAPPENDIX: Terminology -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIllustrations and Credits -- $tIndex 330 $aThe great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. This engrossing book surveys an era that has fired the historical imagination for centuries. In it Robert A. Scott explores why medieval people built Gothic cathedrals, how they built them, what conception of the divine lay behind their creation, and how religious and secular leaders used cathedrals for social and political purposes. As a traveler's companion or a rich source of knowledge for the armchair enthusiast, The Gothic Enterprise helps us understand how ordinary people managed such tremendous feats of physical and creative energy at a time when technology was rudimentary, famine and disease were rampant, the climate was often harsh, and communal life was unstable and incessantly violent.While most books about Gothic cathedrals focus on a particular building or on the cathedrals of a specific region, The Gothic Enterprise considers the idea of the cathedral as a humanly created space. Scott discusses why an impoverished people would commit so many social and personal resources to building something so physically stupendous and what this says about their ideas of the sacred, especially the vital role they ascribed to the divine as a protector against the dangers of everyday life.Scott's narrative offers a wealth of fascinating details concerning daily life during medieval times. The author describes the difficulties master-builders faced in scheduling construction that wouldn't be completed during their own lifetimes, how they managed without adequate numeric systems or paper on which to make detailed drawings, and how climate, natural disasters, wars, variations in the hours of daylight throughout the year, and the celebration of holy days affected the pace and timing of work. Scott also explains such things as the role of relics, the quarrying and transporting of stone, and the incessant conflict cathedral-building projects caused within their communities. Finally, by drawing comparisons between Gothic cathedrals and other monumental building projects, such as Stonehenge, Scott expands our understanding of the human impulses that shape our landscape. 606 $aCathedrals 606 $aMiddle Ages 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCathedrals. 615 0$aMiddle Ages. 676 $a723/.5 700 $aScott$b Robert A.$f1935-$0128614 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456982103321 996 $aThe Gothic enterprise$92469638 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$17.47$u07/24/2015$5Art LEADER 01046nam 2200325 450 001 9910725024803321 005 20230625080328.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002601623 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000002601623 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002601623 100 $a20230625d1985 uy 0 101 0 $afre 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 13$aLa Pologne entre deux mondes $ePolonia restituta /$fLe?on Noe?l 210 1$aParis :$cEditions de la Sorbonne,$d1985. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aCollection historique de l'Institut d'e?tudes slaves ;$v29 410 0$aCollection historique de l'Institut d'e?tudes slaves ;$v29. 607 $aPoland$xHistory$y1918-1945 676 $a943.804 700 $aNoe?l$b Le?on$f1888-$0409602 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910725024803321 996 $aPologne entre deux mondes$91252367 997 $aUNINA