Monastic Architecture in France: From the Renaissance to the Revolution

by Joan Evans

France is a country so rich in architecture that it is not surprising that some of its fine buildings receive little attention. Amongst the Romanesque and Gothic churches and the Renaissance ch teaux, the domestic architecture of the monasteries has been overlooked. Originally published in 1964, this book was the first study of French domestic monastic architecture since the Renaissance. The architecture corresponds to the collegiate and academic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521180848
• ISBN13: 9780521180849
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 654 Pages
• Weight: 3.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.3" x 11.0"