medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Thomas Izbicki <[log in to unmask]>
> Italian:
> O.G. von Simson, La cattedrale gotica, trans. M.A. Coppola (Bologna: Il
mulino, 2008).
interesting to see this
Simson, Otto Georg von, 1912-
The Gothic cathedral: origins of Gothic architecture and the medieval concept
of order.
With an appendix on the proportions of the south tower of Chartres Cathedral,
by Ernst Levy.
[New York] Pantheon Books [1956]
Bollingen series, 48
being translated, at this late date (for the first time?), for the Eyetalian
market.
it has rarely --if ever-- been out of print in English, now in a "3rd ed.,
with additions" (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988) with decent used
copies starting at under $10.
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=von+simson%2C+otto&title=&lang=en&submit=Begin+search&new_used=*&destination=us¤cy=USD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr
despite some Po-Pooing by some Art Hysterians in past decades, i believe that
it has been vindicated in many of its main ideas (duh) and remains one of the
best (and first) efforts to synthesize history, theology, and geometry with
middlevil architecture.
quite readable, even for non-specialists, as well.
c
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