Reading Gothic Architecture (Studies in the Visual Cultures of the Middle Ages) (Studies in the Visual Cultures of the Middle Ages) (Studies in the Visual Cultures of the Middle Ages)

The Gothic Style Is Now One Of The Supreme Products Of Medieval And Renaissance Visual Culture. Subject To Multiple Readings And (re)interpretations From Ca. 1500 To The Present, Gothic Stands As One Of Two Dominant Languages Of European Historical Architecture. This Volume Explores Methods Of Reading And Interpreting The Gothic From The Twelfth Through The Sixteenth Century. Following The Editor’s Introduction, It Contains Ten Essays Written By Leading Scholars From Canada, The United States, And Great Britain. In Challenging The Traditional Parameters Of Gothic, The Papers Explore ‘medieval’ And ‘renaissance’ Manifestations Of The Gothic, And They Consider Material Ranging Geographically From Ireland To Poland, And From Paris To Sicily. Each Paper Explores Ways In Which Gothic Was Or Could Be Read By The Contemporary Viewers For Which It Was Designed, And By Post-modern Commentators. In Placing The Act Of Reading At The Centre Of Their Investigations, The Papers Offer Significant New Insights Into The Forms And Meanings Of The Gothic--p. [4] Of Cover. Introduction : Reading Gothic Architecture / Matthew M. Reeve -- Medieval Modernism And The Origins Of Gothic / Eric Fernie -- Screening, Sculpture, And The Structuring Of Viewer Experience In Thriteenth-century Mainz / Kathryn Brush -- Late Gothic Architecture And Vision : Re-presentation, Scenography, And Illusionism / Linda Neagley -- Architectural Drafting And The 'gothicization' Of The Gothic Cathedral / James Bugslag -- The Integration Of Architecture, Imagery, And Ornament In English West Country Gothic Architecture, 1170-1250 / Malcolm Thurlby -- A Rose By Any Other Name : The 'not Gothic Enough' Architecture Of Italy (again) / Caroline Bruzelius -- Liguid Gothic : Uses Of Stucco In Southern Italy / Jill Caskey -- Revivalist Tendencies In The Irish Late Gothic : Defining A National Identity? / Rachel Moss -- Architectural Wit : Playfulness And Deconstruction In The Gothic Of The Sixteenth Century / Ethan Matt Kavaler -- Reading Gothic In The English Renaissance / Christy Anderson. [edited By] Matthew M. Reeve. Papers From A Conference Held At The International Study Centre Of Queen's University, Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, England, June 2005. Includes Bibliographical References. Front matter (“Contents”), p. i Free Access Introduction: Reading Gothic Architecture, p. 1 Matthew M. Reeve https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1311 Medieval Modernism and the Origins of Gothic, p. 11 Eric Fernie https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1312 Screening, Sculpture, and the Structuring of Viewer Experience in Thirteenth-Century Mainz, p. 25 Kathryn Brush https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1313 Late Gothic Architecture and Vision: Re-presentation, Scenography, and Illusionism, p. 37 Linda Neagley https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1314 Architectural Drafting and the ‘Gothicization’ of the Gothic Cathedral, p. 57 James Bugslag https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1315 The Integration of Architecture, Imagery, and Ornament in English West Country Gothic Architecture 1170-1250, p. 75 Malcolm Thurlby https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1316 A Rose By Any Other Name: The ‘Not Gothic Enough’ Architecture of Italy (Again), p. 93 Caroline Bruzelius https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1317 Liquid Gothic: Uses of Stucco in Southern Italy, p. 111 Jill Caskey https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1318 Revivalist Tendencies in the Irish Late Gothic: Defining a National Identity?, p. 123 Rachel Moss https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1319 Architectural Wit: Playfulness and Deconstruction in the Gothic of the Sixteenth Century, p. 139 Ethan Matt Kavaler https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1320 Reading Gothic in the English Renaissance, p. 151 Christy Anderson https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SVCMA-EB.3.1321 The question of how architecture was read by those viewing it has, in recent years come to the forefront of research, encompassing a range of interpretive strategies. Here contributors look at Gothic architecture, aiming to widen the field of study as well as examine the ways in which the architecture was read. Essays thus do not primarily focus on France, but take in countries normally thought to be on the periphery of what was 'Gothic', such as Italy, Poland and Ireland. In addition they take the subject much further than the heyday of Gothic in the twelfth century, showing the continued vibrancy of Gothic architecture during the classical revival of the renaissance.