Notre-Dame of Amiens: Life of the Gothic Cathedral, Murray Stephen

Автор: Anthony E. Clark
Название: China Gothic: The Bishop of Beijing and His Cathedral
ISBN: 029574667X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780295746678
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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As China struggled to redefine itself at the turn of the twentieth century, nationalism, religion, and material culture intertwined in revealing ways. This phenomenon is evident in the twin biographies of North China’s leading Catholic bishop of the time, Alphonse Favier (1837–1905), and the Beitang cathedral, epicenter of the Roman Catholic mission in China through incarnations that began in 1701. After its relocation and reconstruction under Favier’s supervision, the cathedral—and Favier—miraculously survived a two-month siege in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. Featuring a French Gothic Revival design augmented by Chinese dragon–shaped gargoyles, marble balustrades in the style of Daoist and Buddhist temples, and other Chinese aesthetic flourishes, Beitang remains an icon of Sino-Western interaction.

Anthony Clark draws on archival materials from the Vatican and collections in France, Italy, China, Poland, and the United States to trace the prominent role of French architecture in introducing Western culture and Catholicism to China. A principal device was the aesthetic imagined by the Gothic Revival movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the premier example of this in China being the Beitang cathedral. Bishop Favier’s biography is a lens through which to examine Western missionaries’ role in colonial endeavors and their complex relationship with the Chinese communities in which they lived and worked.

Автор: Sandron Dany, Tallon Andrew
Название: Notre Dame Cathedral: Nine Centuries of History
ISBN: 027108622X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780271086224
Издательство: NBN International
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Описание: A visual survey of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris over the past 850 years. Addresses a series of key themes in the cathedral`s history, including the fundraising campaign, the construction of vaults, and the liturgical function of the choir.