Gothic : architecture, sculpture, painting /
edited by Rolf Toman ; photography by Achim Bednorz.
- [Cologne, Germany] : Ullmann & Könemann , c2007.
- 520 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Original title: Gotik. Translated from the German. Original published in 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-513) and index.
Introduction - Elements of religious and secular gothic architecture - The beginnings of gothic architecture in France and its neighbors - The cathar heresy in Southern France - Gothic architecture in England - Medieval building practice - Late papal palace in avignon - Gothic architecture in scandinavia and East-Central Europe - Medieval castles, knights, and courtly love - Gothic architecture in Italy - Florence and siena: communal rivalry - Medieval cities - Late gothic architecture in Spain and Portugal - Gothic sculpture in France, Italy, Germany, and England - Gothic sculpture in Spain and Portugal - Gothic painting - Subjectivity, beauty and nature: medieval theories of art - Architectural motifs in painting around 1400 - Narrative moitfs in painting around 1400 - Narrative motifs of hans memling - Visions of heaven and hell in the work of hieronymus bosch - Gold, light and color:konrad mitz - The depictions of visions and visual perception - The path to individualism - Gothic stained glass - Medieval learning and the arts - Gothic goldwork - Appendix.