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• catalog abstract ""This volume is a study of the people who commissioned, designed, and built the great cathedrals of Europe, from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries. Historian Francois Icher has written a lively, detailed account of the process by which these masterpieces of world architecture came to be - from their commissioning by a bishop or wealthy patron, to the hiring of an architect and mastercraftsmen, to the daily labor on the construction site."--BOOK JACKET. "Supplementing the author's highly readable narrative are many stories and anecdotes about particular cathedrals and their construction; an appendix of archival documents that furnish additional details about the construction process at various sites; and a bibliography."--BOOK JACKET. "Building the Great Cathedrals is extensively illustrated with current photographs of many of the structures, with architectural drawings, and with art works such as mosaics and illuminated manuscript pages that depict scenes on the construction site, including craftsmen at work, individual tools and instruments, and symbols and emblems of the guilds and orders."--Jacket.".
• catalog alternative "Bâtisseurs de cathédrales. English".
• catalog contributor b11001897.
• catalog created "c1998.".
• catalog date "1998".
• catalog date "c1998.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
• catalog description ""This volume is a study of the people who commissioned, designed, and built the great cathedrals of Europe, from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries. Historian Francois Icher has written a lively, detailed account of the process by which these masterpieces of world architecture came to be - from their commissioning by a bishop or wealthy patron, to the hiring of an architect and mastercraftsmen, to the daily labor on the construction site."--BOOK JACKET. "Supplementing the author's highly readable narrative are many stories and anecdotes about particular cathedrals and their construction; an appendix of archival documents that furnish additional details about the construction process at various sites; and a bibliography."--BOOK JACKET. "Building the Great Cathedrals is extensively illustrated with current photographs of many of the structures, with architectural drawings, and with art works such as mosaics and illuminated manuscript pages that depict scenes on the construction site, including craftsmen at work, individual tools and instruments, and symbols and emblems of the guilds and orders."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 196) and index.".
• catalog description "The age of the cathedrals. From the Ecclesia to the Cathedralis ; The first cathedral complexes ; The Gothic age ; The end of the great construction-sites ; From the cathedral complex to the cathedral -- Patronage, financing, and the workshop committee. Different patrons in different countries ; The question of financing ; Chapters and workshops -- The architect. Obtaining the commission ; A man of many skills ; The architect and his workers -- Before reaching the cathedral construction-site. The quarry ; The forest ; From the forge to the workshop -- The cathedral construction-site. The stonecutters' lodge ; The tracing house ; The stonecutters, masons, and mortar mixers ; Sculptors and modelmakers ; Carpenters and the wood crafts ; Plasterers, roofers, and plumbers ; Blacksmiths and locksmiths ; Glass artists and glassworkers ; Other crafts associated with the cathedral construction-site -- The memory of the builders. Memory and history ; The book of drawings of Villard de Honnecourt ; The Museum of the Œuvre Notre-Dame de Strasbourg ; The companions of the Tour of France ; Freemasonry ; The texts. The Regius manuscript ; The Statutes of Ratisbon ; Regulations concerning the Companions ; Regulation concerning the Apprentices ; The Statutes of Saint Michel.".
• catalog extent "200 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Building the great cathedrals.".
• catalog identifier "0810940175 (hardcover)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Building the great cathedrals.".
• catalog issued "1998".
• catalog issued "c1998.".
• catalog language "eng fre".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Harry N. Abrams,".
• catalog relation "Building the great cathedrals.".
• catalog subject "726.6/094/0902 21".
• catalog subject "Cathedrals History.".
• catalog subject "NA4830 .I2713 1998".
• catalog tableOfContents "The age of the cathedrals. From the Ecclesia to the Cathedralis ; The first cathedral complexes ; The Gothic age ; The end of the great construction-sites ; From the cathedral complex to the cathedral -- Patronage, financing, and the workshop committee. Different patrons in different countries ; The question of financing ; Chapters and workshops -- The architect. Obtaining the commission ; A man of many skills ; The architect and his workers -- Before reaching the cathedral construction-site. The quarry ; The forest ; From the forge to the workshop -- The cathedral construction-site. The stonecutters' lodge ; The tracing house ; The stonecutters, masons, and mortar mixers ; Sculptors and modelmakers ; Carpenters and the wood crafts ; Plasterers, roofers, and plumbers ; Blacksmiths and locksmiths ; Glass artists and glassworkers ; Other crafts associated with the cathedral construction-site -- The memory of the builders. Memory and history ; The book of drawings of Villard de Honnecourt ; The Museum of the Œuvre Notre-Dame de Strasbourg ; The companions of the Tour of France ; Freemasonry ; The texts. The Regius manuscript ; The Statutes of Ratisbon ; Regulations concerning the Companions ; Regulation concerning the Apprentices ; The Statutes of Saint Michel.".
• catalog title "Building the great cathedrals / François Icher ; translated from the French by Anthony Zielonka.".
• catalog title "Bâtisseurs de cathédrales. English".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".