Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism

by Erwin Panofsky

Book Overview

This book is a sublime example of scholarship in its highest form. That being said it is not a book for the casual reader. Panofsky does not insult your intelligence but expects you to think. This... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0529020920
• ISBN13: 9780529020925
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: World Publishing-A Meridian Bo
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

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About the Author Erwin Panofsky taught art history at the University of Hamburg until he and his family had to flee the Nazi regime. In time he became a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and in 1948 he delivered Saint Vincent College's second annual Wimmer Lecture. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The author identifies the growth of Gothic architecture with scholastic philosophy. 60 photos and renderings in the back of the book, and extensive footnotes follow the essays in here. 156 pp. Rare book, highly recommended.