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Author Armi, C. Edson.

Title Design and construction in Romanesque architecture : first Romanesque architecture and the Pointed arch in Burgundy and Northern Italy / C. Edson Armi
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 218 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- History, geography, and construction -- The pointed arch and the groin vault in Northern Italy -- The pointed arch and the groin vault at the beginning of the Eleventh Century in Burgundy -- The pointed arch and groin vault in Burgundy at the end of the Eleventh Century -- The barrel vault -- Systems of arch support -- The pointed arch and the context of High Romanesque architecture in Burgundy -- Conclusion
Summary In this study, Edson Armi offers a fresh interpretation of Romanesque architecture. He integrates the study of medieval structure with an understanding of construction, decoration and articulation in an effort to determine the origins and originality of medieval architecture and the formation of the High Romanesque style
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index
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Subject Architecture, Romanesque.
Architecture, Medieval.
ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Medieval.
Architecture, Medieval
Architecture, Romanesque
Kerkgebouwen.
Romaans.
Spitsbogen.
Form Electronic book
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