The West: From the Advent of Christendom to the Eve of Reformation (Architecture in Context (Routledge))

Christopher Tadgell covers the major architectural traditions of the Middle Ages, from the Romanesque architecture of the ninth and tenth centuries, built on the legacy of ancient Rome and including elements from Carolingian, Ottonian, Byzantine and northern European traditions, through to the evolution of the Gothic which heralded new, structurally daring architecture. The book ends with the Italian rediscovery of classical ideas and ideals and the emergence of the great Renaissance theorists and architects, including Brunelleschi, Alberti, and Bramante. As well as the palazzos, villas and churches of Renaissance Italy, this period saw the building of great chateaux in France, palaces in Germany and the golden-domed cathedrals of Russia. With more than two thousand images, including many plans, __The West__ is a beautiful, single-volume guide to the history of architecture in this period, covering the whole of Europe from Ireland to Russia and placing architectural developments within their political, technological, artistic and intellectual contexts. Part 1. Renovation Of Gravitas : Prologue : Authority In Europe After The Collapse Of Rome -- Empire Regained And Relapsed : Carolingian Achievement ; Post-carolinian Division -- The Centre : Holy Roman Empire : The Kingdom Of The Germans ; Disputed Italy -- The East: Towards The Third Rome : The Meeting Of East And West -- The West: Post-carolingian Diversity : Late Gaul: Early France ; The Normans And England -- Part 2. Refraction Of Light : Introductions To The Gothic Age : The Political Map Of Gothic Europe ; Scholarship, Education And Dissent -- Light Into Stone: The Gothic Cathedral : Advent To Apogee In France ; Early Gothic Abroad ; Rench 'rayonnant' ; Rayonnant Abroad ; Italy ; Late Gothic -- Secular Building In The Gothic Age : From Feudalism To Centralism ; Changes In Warfare ; Secular Sentiment ; Perfection Of The Castle ; From Castle To House In England ; From Castle To House In France And Beyond ; Town And Gothic House -- Part 3. Revival Of Classicism : Introduction : Politics And Patrons ; Renaissance Man, God, And Antiquity ; Art In Proportion And Perspective ; Brunelleschi And Early Renaissance Building ; Alberti: Theory To Practice ; Central Types, Regional Variants -- Cataclysm And Classicism At Large : The High Renaissance: Bramante And His Associates -- Epilogue : From Medieval Towards Neo-classical Abroad. Christopher Tadgell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 904-905) And Index. CONTENTS PART 1: RENOVATION OF GRAVITAS 1 .0 PROLOGUE 1.1 EMPIRE REGAINED AND RELAPSED 1.2 THE CENTRE: HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE 1.3 THE EAST: TOWARDS THE THIRDROME 1.4 THE WEST: POST-CAROLINGIANDIVERSITY PART 2: REFRACTION OF LIGHT 2.0 INTRODUCTIONS TO THEGOTHIC AGE 2.1 LIGHT INTO STONE: THE GOTHICCATHEDRAL 2.2 SECULAR BUILDING IN THE GOTHICAGE PART 3: REVIVAL OF CLASSICISM 3.0 INTRODUCTION 3.1 BRUNELLESCHI AND EARLY RENAISSANCE BUILDING 3.2 CATACLYSM AND CLASSICISM ATLARGE EPILOGUE: FROM MEDIEVAL TOWARDS NEO-CLASSICAL ABROAD CONCLUSION GLOSSARY FURTHER READING MAPS INDEX Pt. 1. Renovation of gravitas. Prologue -- Empire regained and relapsed -- The centre : Holy Roman Empire -- The East : towards the third Rome -- The West : post-Carolingian diversity -- Pt. 2. Refraction of light. Introductions to the Gothic age -- Light into stone : the Gothic cathedral -- Secular building in the Gothic age -- Pt. 3. Revival of classicism. Introduction -- Cataclysm and classicism at large -- Epilogue. From medieval towards neo-classical abroad -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index The fourth book in the 'Architecture in Context' series, Tadgell covers all the major architectural traditions of European Architecture in the Middle Ages, from the destruction of Rome to the rediscovery of Classical values in 15th century Italy