Design and Construction in Romanesque Architecture: First Romanesque Architecture and the Pointed Arch in Burgundy and Northern Italy

by C. Edson Armi

Overview

Edson Armi offers an original interpretation of Romanesque architecture by focusing on buildings in northern Italy, Switzerland, southern France, and Catalonia, the regions where Romanesque architecture first appeared around 1000 AD. He integrates the study of medieval structure with a knowledge of construction, decoration and articulation to determine the origins of medieval architecture and the High Romanesque style. Armi's in depth study reveals new knowledge about design decisions in the early Middle Ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521830331
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/18/2003
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

1. History, geography, and construction; 2. The pointed arch and groin vault in northern Italy; 3. The pointed arch and groin vault at the beginning of the eleventh century in Burgundy; 4. The pointed arch and groin vault in Burgundy at the end of the eleventh century; 5. The barrel vault; 6. Systems of arch support; 7. The pointed arch and the context of high Romanesque architecture in Burgundy.