| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 293 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
1. The making of a royal city: Paris and the architecture of Philip Augustus -- 2. The Sainte-Chapelle: Parisian Rayonnant and the new royal architecture -- 3. The architecture of sacral kingship -- 4. Private, public, and the promotion of the cult of kings -- 5. Louis' later patronage in Paris |
| Summary |
"This book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important monuments of French Gothic architecture, the Sainte-Chapelle, constructed in Paris by King Louis IX of France between 1239 and 1248 especially to hold and to celebrate Christ's Crown of Thorns. Meredith Cohen argues that the chapel's architecture, decoration, and use conveyed the notion of sacral kingship to its audience in Paris and in greater Europe, thereby implicitly elevating the French king to the level of suzerain, and establishing an early visual precedent for the political theories of royal sovereignty and French absolutism. By setting the chapel within its broader urban and royal contexts, this book offers new insight into royal representation and the rise of Paris as a political and cultural capital in the thirteenth century"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Bases on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Columbia University, 2004) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 3, 2018) |
| Subject |
Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270 -- Art patronage
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| SUBJECT |
Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270 fast |
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Ludwig IX. Frankreich, König 1214-1270 gnd |
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Philipp II. Frankreich, König 1165-1223 gnd |
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Paris gnd |
| Subject |
Sainte-Chapelle (Paris, France)
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| SUBJECT |
Sainte-Chapelle (Paris, France) fast |
| Subject |
Architecture, High Gothic -- France -- Paris
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Symbolism in architecture -- France -- Paris
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Sovereignty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Religious.
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Sovereignty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Architecture, High Gothic
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Art patronage
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Buildings
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Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects
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Symbolism in architecture
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Höfische Kultur
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects
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Paris (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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| Subject |
France
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France -- Paris
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Sainte-Chapelle Paris
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139958691 |
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1139958690 |
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9781139957649 |
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1139957643 |
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9781139198332 |
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1139198335 |
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9781139959759 |
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1139959751 |
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9781139950206 |
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1139950207 |
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9781139949156 |
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1139949152 |
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9781139961868 |
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1139961861 |
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