| Description |
xii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Saint-Denis in History -- Ch. 2. Nineteenth-Century Restorations -- Ch. 3. The Great Tympanum of the Central Portal. The Figure of Christ. The Resurrection Frieze. The Apostles, Virgin, and Flanking Angels. The Lunette with Tympanum Angels -- Ch. 4. The Judgment and Trinity of the Center Archivolts. The Judging Christ. Angels Presenting Souls for Judgment. Censing Angels. The Trinity -- Ch. 5. The Damned and the Blessed of the First Archivolt. The Damned and the Tortures of Hell. Paradise, the Blessed, and the Fifth Wise Virgin -- Ch. 6. The Jamb Sculptures with the Parable of the Ten Virgins. The Wise and Foolish Virgins and the Two Atlantids. The Jamb Colonnettes. The Decorated Plinths and Bases. The Capitals and Abaci -- Ch. 7. The Old Testament Patriarchs, or Elders of the Apocalypse, on the Three Outer Archivolts -- Ch. 8. Style and Meaning in the Central Portal |
| Analysis |
Architecture Gothic style |
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France |
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Sculptures Gothic style |
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Architecture Gothic style |
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France |
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Sculptures Gothic style |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-182) and index |
| Notes |
A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program |
| Subject |
Abbaye de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France)
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Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Saint-Denis -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Conservation and restoration
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Sculpture, French -- Conservation and restoration -- France -- Saint-Denis.
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Sculpture, French -- Conservation and restoration -- FranceLzSaint-Denis
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Sculpture, Gothic -- Conservation and restoration -- France -- Saint-Denis.
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| LC no. |
91023849 |
| ISBN |
0520073711 (cloth) |
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0520073738 (paper) |
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