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BL
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1015753
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b770123
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Mittelalterliche Architektur als Bedeutungsträger.English
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| Main Entry
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Bandmann, Günter.
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Early medieval architecture as bearer of meaning /\ Günter Bandmann ; translated, with an introduction, by Kendall Wallis ; afterword by Hans Josef Böker.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (xii, 354 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0231501722
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: 1281774588
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: 6613790931
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: 9780231501729
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: 9781281774583
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: 9786613790934
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0231127049
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9780231127042
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Bearing Bandmann's Meaning: A Translator's Introduction; 1: The Problem of Meaning in Architecture; The Essence of Meaning; The Medieval Work of Art; Aesthetic Meaning; The Current State of Research on Symbolic and Historical Meaning in Architecture; Sources and Methods: The Sources; Sources and Methods: The Methods; 2: The Symbolic Meaning of Buildings According to Written and Visual Sources; The Written Sources; The Medieval Copy; Historical Consciousness in the Middle Ages; The Intended Purpose; The Allegorical Meaning; The Church as Heavenly City.
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The "Nations"4: The Decline of Symbolic and Historical Meaning; Reform and Secularization; The Predominance of Artistic Tendencies; The New Awareness of Space; Summary; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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The Effects of Historical MeaningThe Emperor and Architecture; The Transept as Throne Hall; The Cruciform Tomb; The Three-Chambered Layout; The Architectural Baldachin; The Transept Basilica and Cruciform Basilica of the Franks Before Charlemagne; The Central-Plan Building; The Westwork; Tendencies of the Western Imperium; The Beginnings of Norman Architecture in Relation to the Architecture of the Empire; The Roman Idiom of the Western Imperium; The Double Choir; Architectural Ornament; The Emperor's Rivals; The Roman Curia; The Monastic Orders; The Italian Cities; Bishops and Regional Lords.
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The Visual SourcesThe Formal Consequences of Allegorical Meaning; The Meaning of the Keystone; The Column as Figure; City and Castle as Model of the Church; The Two-Towered City Gate; The City Wall; The Three-Tower Group; The Niche-Portal; The Three-Arched Opening; Summary; 3: Historical Meaning; Tradition and Habit; Turning Toward Historicity; State, Religion, and Law; Sacred Kingship; Writing; Portraiture; Images of Events; The Demarcated Area; Dwelling, Tomb, Temple; Building in Stone; The Holy Place; Spolia; Axial Arrangement Within a Structured Area; Axial Arrangement Within a Building.
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This classic text -- continually in print for more than half a century -- analyzes the architecture of societies in western Europe up to the twelfth century that aspired to be the heirs to the Roman Empire.
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Architecture, Medieval.
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Christian art and symbolism-- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural-- Europe.
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Decoration and ornament, Medieval.
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Symbolism in architecture-- Europe.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Criticism.
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ARCHITECTURE-- History-- General.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Regional.
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Architecture, Medieval.
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Christian art and symbolism-- Medieval.
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
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Decoration and ornament, Medieval.
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Symbolism in architecture.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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720/.94/09021
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| LC Classification
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NA350.B3313 2005eb
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