Gothic Sculpture, 1140-1300

This beautiful and authoritative book is the first to examine the developmentof Gothic sculpture throughout Europe. It discusses not only the most famousmonumen... » 

This beautiful and authoritative book is the first to examine the developmentof Gothic sculpture throughout Europe. It discusses not only the most famousmonuments such as the cathedrals of Chartres Amiens and Reims WestminsterAbbey and the Siena Duomo but also less familiar buildings in FranceEngland Italy Germany Spain and Scandinavia. Numerous illustrations including photographs taken specially for the book accompany the text.For the student or general reader this book sets a standard in the field andwill remain indispensable for many years to come. Richard Camber AntiqueInternationalPaul Williamson has produced a miracle of clarity and compression in thelatest volume of the Pelican History of Art .... His subject is one of the mostchallenging and most studied subjects in Western art the birth growth anddevelopment of Gothic sculpture in its first 150 years. Michael HallCountry LifeBeautifully produced and judiciously written.... Williamsons is a book whichhas helped vindicate the genre of the synoptic survey and provide a superb textfor students as well as a new foundation for specialist research. PaulCrossley Art Newspaper «