Early medieval architecture as bearer of meaning
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Early medieval architecture as bearer of meaning
Columbia University Press, c2005
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Mittelalterliche Architektur als Bedeutungsträger
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Translation of: Mittelalterliche Architektur als Bedeutungsträger
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-341) and index
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Description
At last available in English, this classic text was originally published in Germany in 1951 and has been continuously in print since then. Gunter Bandmann analyzes the architecture of societies in western Europe up to the twelfth century that aspired to be the heirs to the Roman Empire. He examines the occurrence and recurrence of basic forms not as stylistic evolutions but as meaningful expressions of meta-material content and develops an architectural iconography of symbolic, historical, and aesthetic elements.
Table of Contents
Bearing Bandmann is Meaning: A Translatoris Introduction Form and Type Reception Claim Aufheben Bauherr Indicating Coining Deputy Westbau 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 Visual Sources Summary 3. Historical Meaning Tradition and Habit Turning Toward Historicity The Effects of Historical Meaning 4. The Decline of Symbolic and Historical Meaning Reform and Secularization The Predominance of Artistic Tendencies The New Awareness of Space Summary Afterword by Hans Josef Bker
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