Gothic: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting

Gothic: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting

Gothic: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting
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Editor: Rolf Toman
Photographer: Achim Bednorz
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02
ISBN: 0841600686
Number of pages: 520
Publisher: h. f. ullmann

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Book Review: If You Can Make Out the Small Print, You're in Business
Summary: 5 Stars

I agree that this series of Toman-edited books is quite impressive. The analysis tends to stick closely to the architectural and aesthetic subjects and the pictures are excellent. The print is too small though and is even smaller in the little vignettes inserted between chapters. The section on the German Gothic offers the most impressive photos. For bigger print and great b&w photos, get Jean Bony's book on French Gothic. Also, Grodecki's book has uncanny photos that will make you dizzy - they are more in focus too so you can actually see the details and feel like you are literally in the cathedral. Otto von Simpson's book on Gothic Architecture is more of a history of Abbot Suger and St. Denis and the book wanders off into an interesting, though puzzling, digression on this subject. James Snyder's book on Medieval Art is also impeccable. I got the earlier edition before he passed on from Amazon at a fraction of the cost of the posthumous edition.

Summary of Gothic: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting

These substantial volumes on art periods vividly portray the most important achievements from the areas of European architecture, sculpture, and painting. The impressive photographs of works from all visual arts movements are at the center of these richly illustrated volumes. The books successfully provide an overview of the artistic diversity of the individual periods, and they couldn't have been written and illustrated any more clearly. The informative and interesting texts have been written by renowned authors from the fields of history, architecture and art history, providing a multifaceted view of each period. These books are a real pleasure for anyone with an interest in art.

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