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Sic et Non: Recent Trends in the Study of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture
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For example, the authors argues that "Medieval architectural history has clung not only to positivist visual theories of style, "development", and the genius of the great "architect" as author, but also it retained modernist paradigms that isolate the object in plans and cross sections that have nothing to do with medieval subject positions, rooted as they are in production and not reception".Abstract:
Medieval architectural history has clung not only to positivist visual theories of style, "development," and the genius of the great "architect" as author, but also it has retained modernist paradigms that isolate the object in plans and cross sections that have nothing to do with medieval subject positions, rooted as they are in production and not reception .... Fearful of interdisciplinarity medieval architectural historians still run for the measuring rod.1read more
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Normandy's role in the development of the Flamboyant style: decoration, meaning, and exchange in Late Gothic architecture
TL;DR: Kerrigan as mentioned in this paper described NORMANDY's role in the development of the flamboyant stylings of the late Gothic arts in the late 19th century, and submitted a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Art History in the Graduate College of The University of Iowa.
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Relic tours in England and France (c.1050-c.1350)
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the phenomenon of the relic-quest or fund-raising tour with relics in England and France, from the eleventh to the fourteenth century, with a particular emphasis on the thirteenth century.
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The theological framework
TL;DR: The thirteenth century was one of the most theologically vibrant periods in the history of the Christian church as discussed by the authors, and the subject matter of theology was more closely defined, and that theology became a subject for study in educational institutions.
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Observant reform in religious orders
TL;DR: The period of the so-called Observant reforms was far more dynamic than longstanding convictions concerning the decline of religious life in the closing centuries of the Middle Ages as mentioned in this paper, and the Franciscan order in particular.
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The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture
Maurice Bloch,Mary Carruthers +1 more
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Learning from Las Vegas
TL;DR: Learning from Las Vegas : the forgotten symbolism of architectural form as mentioned in this paper, a monographie published in the Architectural forum of the American Institute of Technology, Washington, DC, USA.
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Dominion of the Eye: Urbanism, Art, and Power in Early Modern Florence
TL;DR: The role of optical and surveying theory in the Florentine Trecento arts is discussed in this article, along with the role of the political logic of demolition and the symbolic power of scopic order.
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Hearing Is Believing: Clarissan Architecture, ca. 1213-1340
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the architecture of several Clarissan convents in Italy in order to study the character, location and evolution of the nuns' choirs over the course of the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries.