Early medieval architecture as bearer of meaning

Early medieval architecture as bearer of meaning / Günter Bandmann ; translated, with an introduction, by Kendall Wallis ; afterword by Hans Josef Böker.

This classic text -- continually in print for more than half a century -- analyzes the architecture of societies in western Europe up to the twelfth century that aspired to be the heirs to the Roman Empire.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bandmann, Günter
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
500-1500
Architecture, Medieval.
Symbolism in architecture > Europe.
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval, 500-1500.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural > Europe.
Decoration and ornament, Medieval.
ARCHITECTURE > Criticism.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Regional.
Architecture, Medieval
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Decoration and ornament, Medieval
Symbolism in architecture
Europe
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Mittelalterliche Architektur als Bedeutungsträger.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Bearing Bandmann's Meaning: A Translator's Introduction; 1: The Problem of Meaning in Architecture; The Essence of Meaning; The Medieval Work of Art; Aesthetic Meaning; The Current State of Research on Symbolic and Historical Meaning in Architecture; Sources and Methods: The Sources; Sources and Methods: The Methods; 2: The Symbolic Meaning of Buildings According to Written and Visual Sources; The Written Sources; The Medieval Copy; Historical Consciousness in the Middle Ages; The Intended Purpose; The Allegorical Meaning; The Church as Heavenly City.
  • The Visual SourcesThe Formal Consequences of Allegorical Meaning; The Meaning of the Keystone; The Column as Figure; City and Castle as Model of the Church; The Two-Towered City Gate; The City Wall; The Three-Tower Group; The Niche-Portal; The Three-Arched Opening; Summary; 3: Historical Meaning; Tradition and Habit; Turning Toward Historicity; State, Religion, and Law; Sacred Kingship; Writing; Portraiture; Images of Events; The Demarcated Area; Dwelling, Tomb, Temple; Building in Stone; The Holy Place; Spolia; Axial Arrangement Within a Structured Area; Axial Arrangement Within a Building.
  • The Effects of Historical MeaningThe Emperor and Architecture; The Transept as Throne Hall; The Cruciform Tomb; The Three-Chambered Layout; The Architectural Baldachin; The Transept Basilica and Cruciform Basilica of the Franks Before Charlemagne; The Central-Plan Building; The Westwork; Tendencies of the Western Imperium; The Beginnings of Norman Architecture in Relation to the Architecture of the Empire; The Roman Idiom of the Western Imperium; The Double Choir; Architectural Ornament; The Emperor's Rivals; The Roman Curia; The Monastic Orders; The Italian Cities; Bishops and Regional Lords.
  • The "Nations"4: The Decline of Symbolic and Historical Meaning; Reform and Secularization; The Predominance of Artistic Tendencies; The New Awareness of Space; Summary; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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