Cet ouvrage est lrsquo;occasion drsquo;expliquer et de ceacute;leacute;brer la richesse de ces eacute;glises et catheacute;drales qui occupant une place majeure au sein de lrsquo;architecture meacute;dieacute;vale occidentale. Le style gothique anglais srsquo;est deacute;veloppeacute; un peu plus tardivement qursquo;en France et a rapidement eacute;laboreacute; des codes architecturaux et ornementaux diffeacute;rents. Lrsquo;auteur; John Shannon Hendrix; divise ici le gothique anglais en quatre grandes phases : le gothique primaire; le gothique deacute;coreacute;; le gothique curvilineacute;aire et le gothique perpendiculaire. De nombreuses photographies des teacute;moignages architecturaux les plus frappants permettent drsquo;envisager dans sa totaliteacute; lrsquo;originaliteacute; du gothique anglais : agrave; Canterbury; Wells; Lincoln; York ou encore Salisbury. Lrsquo;architecture gothique anglaise est une architecture poeacute;tique; srsquo;adressant agrave; la fois aux sens et agrave; la spiritualiteacute;.John Shannon Hendrix est professeur drsquo;histoire de lrsquo;art et drsquo;architecture agrave; la Rhode Island School of Design et agrave; lrsquo;Universiteacute; Roger Williams. Il exerce aussi au sein de lrsquo;Universiteacute; de Lincoln en Grande-Bretagne. Il a reacute;digeacute; de nombreux ouvrages sur lrsquo;architecture; lrsquo;estheacute;tique; la philosophie et la psychanalyse; notamment Architecture as Cosmology: Lincoln Cathedral and English Gothic Architecture; publieacute; en 2011.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A deceptive. defective product: old text. poor reproductionsBy J. FaulkThis was the first Caravaggio artbook I bought. several years ago. The text is very dated. colors are untrue. and many reproductions are soaked in obliterating darkness. The book was laid out in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam. apparently from third-rate source materials. and was printed in China.The copyright page shows three 2007 dates: (1) Parkstone Press International. New York; (2)Confidential Concepts. Worldwide. USA; (3) The Royal Collection. Her Majesty... [for one painting]. There is a photographer credit for one painting. and a Metropolitan Museum of Art credit for one painting. Two translators are listed. for Witting and Patrizi.Online research shows: (1) complaints against Parkstone for nonpayment of translators (but not specifically referring to this project). No facts emerge about Confidential Concepts. (3) Felix Witting. Professor of Art History. was born in 1873 [in 1916. he published Michelangelo de Caravaggio: eine kunsthistorische Studie. Strassburg: Heitz (83 pp)]. M. L. Patrizi. Doctor of Psychology. published for example in 1896 and 1921.Included are long-available historical texts: Life of Caravaggio by C. P. Bellori; (b) Notizia by Mancini; (c) Curriculum Vitae of a Criminal Painter; (d) Letter from Bishop of Caserte to Cardinal Borghese.Now that Caravaggio is a raging interest. there are a fair number of up-to-date books available. I recommend Sebastian Schutze. Caravaggio. TASCHEN. 2009. which catalogue raisonne specifies 67 paintings. If youre bewildered by the reviewers who condemn the reproductions for being "too dark." please examine the volume in a bookstore or library (always a good procedure for the cautious buyer before mail order).A future prospect. scheduled for publication in September 2010. is publisher Skiras Caravaggio. described as comprising 25 paintings (but about 70 illustrations). each chosen by a world-class art historian and accompanied by his/her essay of appreciation.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Small and decent bookBy Martin PEvery time I see a Caravaggio I just want to melt into the painting. Theres something about those colors - the contrast. the rich hues - thats just so inviting. I find Caravggios paintings beyond masterful. They evoke life and death and everything in between rather than just imitating it.This small format book serves as a brilliant roundup of the artists best works. and in light of the importance of color in Caravaggios paintings. the reproductions are excellent. I thought the images were laid out and sequenced and logically and while Ive only skimmed through the text. I think it would be beneficial to those wanting to learn a little more about the man and his methods.Given the cheap price tag I was pleasantly surprised by the level of detail and quality of the book. and couldnt be happier I bought it.
