Binding, Günther.

High gothic : the age of the great cathedrals / Günther Binding ; photos by Uwe Dettmar - Köln ; New York : Taschen, 2002. - 237 p. : col. ill., maps, plans ; 30cm. + pbk.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235) and indexes.

Divine order reflected in stone: Gothic cathedrals - art and symbolism -- The Gothic building site: perfect organisation -- An interplay of forces: bold constructions for spatial effect -- Developments in France: classic Gothic cathedrals -- The Gothic style outside France: England, Germany, Spain and Italy -- Postscript: The Gothic - A synthesis from illusion and rationality.

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Cathedrals.
Church architecture
Architecture, Gothic.
Architecture, Gothic--France.

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