Reading Gothic Architecture

The first volume in a new series titled Studies in the Visual Cultures of the Middle Ages under series editor Kathryn A. Smith (New York U.), this title focuses on European Gothic architecture under the editorial hand of Reeve (Carleton U.) Essays were selected from a 2005 conference on the subject organized by Queen's University, Canada. Specific locations and time periods include thirteenth-century Mainz, the English West Country in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, High Medieval Italy, Irish Late Gothic, central Europe in the sixteenth century, and the English Renaissance. No index is provided. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)