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The Great Field by John James

THE GREAT FIELD
- Souls at Play in a
Conscious Universe
Notes to Transformation - John James

Notes to Transformation
- A guide for the inner journey to the Self
Master Masons of Chartres - John James

The Master Masons of Chartres
- Chartres is one of the most impressive and exciting buildings from the Middle Ages
The Template-Makers of the Paris Basin - John James

The Templatemakers
of the Paris Basin
- Toichological techniques for identifying the pioneers of the Gothic movement
The Contractors of Chartres - John James

The Contractors of
Chartres
- The basic analysis of the cathedral, how it was built
Arj of God - John James

The Ark of God
- Comprehensive pictorial history of Early Gothic churches in the Paris Basin
In Search of the Unknown in Medieval Architecture

In Search of the Unknown in Medieval Architecture

 

 

The Ark of God by John James

 

The Creation of Gothic Architecture - an illustrated thesaurus: The Ark of God (Vols 4-5)

"The Evolution of Foliate Capitals in the Paris Basin: the formal capitals 1130-1170"

Author:

John James, PhD

Publisheer:

West Grinstead Publications, London and Hartley Vale, 2008

ISBN:

9780975742525

Format:

Buckram bound, 300mm x 225mm    1778 pages 8,200± illustrations

Price:

Aud$1360.00 (+ P&H)
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From the Author:

THE ARK OF GOD is a comprehensive pictorial history of Early Gothic churches in the limestone region of  northern France known as the Paris Basin. The Paris Basin contains 1,420 churches with work from these years. Most have never been published. The photographs will illustrate over half of these which significantly contributed to the creation of the new architecture with the aim of using the evolution of foliate carving to date them, and from this to create a comprehensive history of this most creative period.

Note: The complete set of work is contained in 5 volumes
         (Volumes 1&2, Volume 3 and Volumes 4&5)

DESCRIPTION:

The fifty years between 1130 and 1180 produced some of the most original and evocative capitals of the middle ages - a period that was largely responsible for the evolution of the Gothic style. But despite the fact that many are hard to examine in situ and are often too dark to observe closely, they have rarely been published before.

These volumes will therefore be widely welcomed. The 8,200 illustrations cover, in large and exquisite detail, nearly every capital; they include the multitude of works in the great cathedrals and abbeys of the time, including Chartres, Laon, Noyon, Paris, Saint-Denis, Senlis and Sens. The staggering range of individual creativity shows a culture able to reinvent itself in a rare and exciting way.

The publication of the fourth and fifth volumes in the sequence completes the photographic archive of foliate carving from the Paris Basin during the formative two centuries in which architecture and the techniques of building were being transformed. They are also the foundation for subsequent volumes which will establish a chronology for Early Gothic architecture and sculpture, as well as a detailed study of the technical developments in rib vaults and construction methods.