The Creation of Gothic Architecture: an Illustrated Thesaurus. The Ark of God. Volume III: B: The Evolution of Foliate Capitals in the Paris Basin: the archaic capitals prior to 1130

A further volume in this monumental series on the architecture of the Gothic churches of the Paris Basin.

A complete collection of all the capitals carved in the Paris Basin before 1130 - over 4,000 - few of which have ever been published before. From this has come a profoundly significant analysis: That these carvers pursued what might be called a Quest for Order, a quest that grew into an obsession over the next two generations. By following each step in this quest in the dateable building...