Professor Armi's study represents a dramatic reconsideration of the origins of Gothic sculpture by employing new methodology and refuting previously accepted theories. Despite the aesthetic and historical significance of the Royal Portal, no documentation of its design and construction exists. Nevertheless, over the last century a set of truths about the facade have become accepted. Employing a new methodology that overcomes the lack of documents with a revised form of connoisseurship, Edson Armi proposes a radically ...
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Professor Armi's study represents a dramatic reconsideration of the origins of Gothic sculpture by employing new methodology and refuting previously accepted theories. Despite the aesthetic and historical significance of the Royal Portal, no documentation of its design and construction exists. Nevertheless, over the last century a set of truths about the facade have become accepted. Employing a new methodology that overcomes the lack of documents with a revised form of connoisseurship, Edson Armi proposes a radically different biography of the Headmaster that has far-reaching implications for the study of Gothic sculpture. With a new perspective on the most important mid-twelfth-century portal, the book concludes that the style and cultural context of Ile-de-France sculpture is less defined and more diverse than previously imagined. More importantly, the book argues that the forms of art, as well as the design and working procedures in the Paris basin, can no longer be seen as unique or separate from the practices of provincial French art in the period before 1140."
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Good. Please note description of condition below. A large item: non-U.S. orders may require extra fees; please inquire. Not ex-lib. Hardcover in burgundy cloth, no jacket, 4to. xviii + 148pp. + album of 141 figures in b/w plates. Index, bibliography, footnotes throughout text. Good, wirth sole reason for downgrade strong front to back cocking and moderate to near strong cocking toward lower end of spine, all with no effect on strong binding and hinges. Else NF to Fine, with cloth clean and sharp; pages and plates clean and bright. 2 1/2" x 3/4" patch of light, superficial scraping to mid ffep as from former label.
