16. Towards a Cultural Biography of the Gothic Cathedral: Reflections on History and Art History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface-The editors xi
5. 1. Integration: A Closed or Open Proposal? 1
6. 2. Integration or Segregation among Disciplines? The Historiography of Gothic Sculpture as Case-Study 19
7. 3. From Admirable Tabernacle to the House of God: Some Theological Reflections on Medieval Architectural Integration 41
8. 4. Liturgy and the Monument 57
9. 5. Durham Cathedral in the Gothic Era: Liturgy, Design, Ornament 69
10. 6. Suger's "Completion" of Saint-Denis 84
11. 7. "The Recollection of the Past Is the Promise of the Future." Continuity and Contextuality: Saint-Denis, Merovingians, Capetians, and Paris 92
12. 8. Interpreting the Architecture of Wells Cathedral 114
13. 9. Chartres Cathedral as a Work of Artistic Integration: Methodological Reflections 131
14. 10. Integrated Fragments and the Unintegrated Whole: Scattered Examples from Reims, Strasbourg, Chartres, and Naumburg 153
15. 11. The Architectural and Glazing Context of Poitiers Cathedral: A Reassessment of Integration 167
16. 12. The Sainte-Chapelle as a Capetian Political Program 195
17. 13. Artistic Integration Inside the Cathedral Precinct: Social Consensus Outside? 214
18. 14. Form as Social Process 236
19. 15. Artistic Integration in Gothic Buildings: A Post-Modern Construct? 249
20. 16. Towards a Cultural Biography of the Gothic Cathedral: Reflections on History and Art History 262
21. Notes on Contributors 275
22. Illustrations 283