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medieval art --- medieval architecture --- iconography --- art history --- Art, Medieval --- Medieval art --- Art, Medieval.

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Exploring the work of writers, illuminators, and craftspeople, this volume demonstrates the pervasive nature of architecture as a category of medieval thought. The architectural remnants of the past - from castles and cathedrals to the lowliest village church - provide many people with their first point of contact with the medieval period and its culture. Such concrete survivals provide a direct link to both the material experience of medieval people and the ideological and imaginative worldview which framed their lives. The studies collected in this volume show how attention to architectural representation can contribute to our understanding of not only the history of architectural thought but also the history of art, the intersection between textual and material culture, and the medieval experience of space and place.

Architecture, Medieval. --- Architecture, Medieval, in art. --- Architecture, Medieval in literature. --- Medieval architecture. --- allegory. --- medieval thought. --- space and place. --- symbolism. --- the meaning of architecture. --- Architecture, Medieval, in literature.

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The city of Göttingen is home to many important medieval churches. The panorama of the building histories, the uses and the variety of forms extends from the 13th to the 16th century and even up to the present day, since the churches have always been changed again and again. The church buildings are the most visible evidence of an era long past. The book reveals this treasure and takes the reader on a journey through time, in which the six preserved churches are examined in detail in a way never seen before.

Church architecture --- Architecture, Medieval --- Middle Ages --- Ecclesiastical architecture --- Rood-lofts --- Christian art and symbolism --- Religious architecture --- Architecture, Gothic --- Church buildings --- Göttingen --- church building --- medieval architecture --- Altar --- Chor (Architektur) --- Kirchenschiff --- Langhaus (Kirche) --- Paulinerkirche (Leipzig) --- Sakristei --- St. Albani (Göttingen) --- Strebewerk

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"Measurement is all around us-from the circumference of a pizza to the square footage of an apartment, from the length of a newborn baby to the number of miles between neighboring towns. Whether inches or miles, centimeters or kilometers, measures of distance stand at the very foundation of everything we do, so much so that we take them for granted. Yet, this has not always been the case. This book reaches back to medieval Italy to speak of a time when, far from being obvious, measurements were displayed in the open, showing how such a deceptively simple innovation triggered a chain of cultural transformations whose consequences are visible today on a global scale. Drawing from literary works and frescoes, architectural surveys and legal compilations, Emanuele Lugli offers a history of material practices widely overlooked by historians. He argues that the public display of measurements in Italy's newly formed city republics not only laid the foundation for now centuries-old practices of making, but also helped to legitimize local governments and shore up church power, buttressing fantasies of exactitude and certainty that linger to this day. This ambitious, truly interdisciplinary book explains how measurements, rather than being mere descriptors of the real, themselves work as powerful molds of ideas, affecting our notions of what we consider similar, accurate, and truthful." -- Publisher's description.

Measurement --- Metrology --- Weights and measures --- History --- Social aspects --- Historiography --- Italy --- Civilization --- Historiography. --- Measurement - Italy - History - To 1500 --- Measurement - Social aspects - Italy --- Metrology - Italy - History - To 1500 --- Metrology - Social aspects - Italy --- Weights and measures - Social aspects - Italy --- Metrology - Italy - Historiography --- Italy - Civilization - 1268-1559 --- Mesure --- Métrologie --- Poids et mesures --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- Italie --- Civilisation --- Measuring --- Mensuration --- Mathematics --- Technology --- Physical measurements --- Science --- Measures --- Physics --- Units of measurement --- Weight (Physics) --- Church history. --- Italian history. --- history of measurements. --- history of medieval art. --- history of precision. --- history of trade. --- medieval architecture. --- medieval history. --- objectivity.