The art of Gothic : architecture, sculpture, painting

Köln : Könemann, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 521 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-513) and indexes.In English, translation from German. Contents: Introduction / Rolf Toman -- Elements of religious and secular Gothic architecture / Pablo de la Riestra -- The beginnings of Gothic architecture in France and its neighbors / Bruno Klein -- The Cathar heresy in southern France / Barbara Borngässer -- Gothic architecture in England / Ute Engel -- Medieval building practice / Christian Freigang -- Late Gothic architecture in France and the Netherlands / Peter Kurmann -- The Papal Palace in Avignon / Christian Freigang -- Gothic architecture of the ""German lands"" ; Gothic architecture in Scandinavia and East-Central Europe / Pablo de la Riestra -- Medieval castles, knights, and courtly love / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Gothic architecture in Italy ; Florence and Siena : communal rivalry / Barbara Borngässer -- Medieval cities / Alick McLean -- Late Gothic architecture in Spain and Portugal / Barbara Borngässer -- Gothic sculpture in France, Italy, Germany, and England / Uwe Geese -- Gothic sculpture in Spain and Portugal / Regine Abegg -- Gothic painting ; Subjectivity, beauty and nature : medieval theories of art ; Architectural motifs in painting around 1400 ; Narrative motifs in the work of Hans Memling ; Visions of heaven and hell in the work of Hieronymus Bosch ; Gold, light and color : Konrad Kitz ; The depictions of visions and visual perception ; The path to individualism / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Gothic stained glass / Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz -- Medieval learning and the arts / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Gothic goldwork / Harald Wolter-von dem Knesebeck. Subjects: Art, Gothic; Architecture, Gothic; Art gothique; Architecture gothique; Architecture, Gothic Europe; SculpturePainting.