Author: Camille, Michael
Title: The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame: Medievalism and the Monsters of Modernity
Description: Chicago, University of Chicago, 2009. Hardcover. Light blue cloth casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in black down a white spine. Pages: (20), 3-439. Illustrated with black-and-white images. "Most of the seven million people who visit the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris each year probably do not realize that the legendary gargoyles adorning this medieval masterpiece were not constructed until the nineteenth century. The first comprehensive history of these world-famous monsters, The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame argues that they transformed the iconic thirteenth-century cathedral into a modern monument. Michael Camille begins his long-awaited study by recounting architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc's ambitious restoration of the structure from 1843 to 1864, when the gargoyles were designed. VG/VG: Sticker on the spine of the dust jacket. Stamp on front free end page. Stamp and due date card on back free end page. Sticker on back pasted end page.

Keywords: European Architecture ; Gargoyle ; ; General Reference - European Architecture


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