God’s Own Language
Architectural Drawing in the Twelfth Century
$86.74
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
18 July 2023
Summary
The architectural drawing might seem to be a quintessentially modern form, and indeed many histories of the genre begin in the early modern period with Italian Renaissance architects such as Alberti. Yet the Middle Ages also had a remarkably sophisticated way of drawing and writing about architecture. God’s Own Language takes us to twelfth-century Paris, where a Scottish monk named Richard of Saint Victor, along with his mentor Hugh, developed an innovative visual and textual archite…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262047746 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262047748 |
| Author: | Karl Kinsella |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 18 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 159mm |
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About The Author
Karl Kinsella
Karl Kinsella is a lecturer in art history at the University of Aberdeen, having previously held positions at the universities of York and Oxford. A specialist in medieval architectural history and manuscripts, he received the Hawksmoor Essay Medal in 2013 for his work on architectural drawing.
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