Early Medieval Architecture as Bearer of Meaning

Front Cover......Page 1
Front Flap
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Half-title
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Dedication Page
......Page 5
Copyright
......Page 6
Contents
......Page 7
Illustrations
......Page 11
Acknowledgements
......Page 13
Bearing Bandmann's Meaning: A Translator's Introduction......Page 15
1 The Problem of Meaning in Architecture......Page 28
The Essence of Meaning......Page 31
The Medieval Work of Art......Page 34
Aesthetic Meaning......Page 39
The Current State of Research on Symbolic and Historical Meaning in Architecture......Page 45
Sources and Methods: The Sources......Page 52
Sources and Methods: The Methods......Page 57
The Role of the Bauherr......Page 60
The Medieval Copy......Page 62
Historical Consciousness in the Middle Ages......Page 64
The Intended Purpose......Page 67
The Allegorical Meaning
......Page 72
The Church as Heavenly City......Page 74
The Formal Consequences of Allegorical Meaning......Page 80
THE MEANING OF THE KEYSTONE......Page 83
THE COLUMN AS TREE......Page 87
THE COLUMN AS FIGURE......Page 88
CITY AND CASTLE AS MODEL OF THE CHURCH......Page 96
THE TWO-TOWERED CITY GATE......Page 101
THE CITY WALL......Page 109
THE THREE-TOWER GROUP......Page 112
THE NICHE-PORTAL......Page 121
THE THREE-ARCHED OPENING......Page 126
Summary......Page 128
Tradition and Habit......Page 132
State, Religion, and Law......Page 141
Sacred Kingship......Page 143
Writing......Page 144
Portraiture......Page 146
Images of Events......Page 147
The Demarcated Area......Page 148
Dwelling, Tomb, Temple......Page 149
Building in Stone......Page 156
Spolia......Page 159
Axial Arrangement Within a Structured Area......Page 160
Axial Arrangement Within a Building......Page 171
The Emperor and Architecture......Page 180
The Transept as Throne Hall
......Page 181
The Cruciform Tomb......Page 192
The Three-Chambered Layout......Page 197
The Architectural Baldachin......Page 198
The Transept Basilica and Cruciform Basilica of the Franks Before Charlemagne
......Page 204
The Central-Plan Building
......Page 207
The Westwork......Page 214
Tendencies of the Western Imperium
......Page 225
The Beginnings of Norman Architecture in Relation to the Architecture of the Empire......Page 227
The Roman Idiom of the Western Imperium......Page 230
The Double Choir
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Architectural Ornament
......Page 235
The Emperor's Rivals......Page 238
THE ROMAN CURIA......Page 239
THE MONASTIC ORDERS......Page 240
THE ITALIAN CITIES......Page 243
BISHOPS AND REGIONAL LORDS......Page 245
THE "NATIONS"......Page 246
Reform and Secularization......Page 250
The Predominance of Artistic Tendencies......Page 254
The New Awareness of Space......Page 256
Summary......Page 260
Afterword......Page 262
1 The Problem of Meaning in Architecture......Page 269
2 The Symbolic Meaning of Buildings According to Written and Visual Sources......Page 281
3 Historical Meaning......Page 294
4 The Decline of Symbolic and Historical Meaning......Page 317
Bibliography......Page 319
Index......Page 354
Back Flap
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Back Cover......Page 367