Description
Book SynopsisA visual survey of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris over the past 850 years. Addresses a series of key themes in the cathedral’s history, including the fundraising campaign, the construction of vaults, and the liturgical function of the choir.
Trade Review“Smaller, more concise, and more streamlined than a traditional monograph, it emphasizes a series of graphics developed from Tallon’s 3D-scan data, which together purport to show the development of Notre-Dame over the nine centuries of its history. In this way it helps to make the fruits of recent research on the cathedral’s history readily accessible to nonspecialist readers. The new translation undertaken by Lindsay Cook, who studied with both Murray and Tallon and whose own research considers parish churches constructed in the orbit of Notre-Dame, now effectively expands that mission to anglophone audiences.”
—Robert Bork caa.reviews
“With up-to-date scholarship and information from a laser scan now being consulted for the repairs of Notre Dame, this survey is at once authoritative and accessible, an important addition to the specialist and non-specialist libraries alike.”
—Nancy Wu Speculum
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
1163: Planning the Cathedral
The Bishop
The Cathedral Chapter
The Fabric
Resources
Episcopal Donations
Capitular Donations
Lay Donations
1170: Building the Cathedral
The Materials
The Master Mason
The Design
The Construction
1177: Constructing the Vaults
The Vaults
Technical Aspects of Vault Construction
The Space of the Choir
1182: Liturgical Choir and Sanctuary
The Liturgical Choir
Staging the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
The Medieval Sanctuary
1208: Form and Meaning
The Choir
The Nave
1220: Portals and the Gallery of Kings
1225: Changing Tastes
A Radical Transformation
The Changes
Instability of the West Front
1245: Towers and Bells, Marking Time at the Cathedral
The Casting of a Bell
1265: Relics and Processions
Relics and Reliquaries
Stational Liturgy and Processions
1300: Pious Foundations and Tombs
The Choir: Preserve of Prelates and Princes
The Chapels
Confraternities at Notre Dame
1350: A Point of Reference
The Architects
Directing the Works
1780: Baroque Transformations
1860: The Major Restoration of Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc
Notre Dame in Peril
The Invention of French Cultural Heritage
The Competition
The Project
The Restoration
The Rational Cathedral
The Cathedral Today
Conclusion
Plan of Notre Dame
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
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