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The Sainte-Chapelle and the construction of sacral monarchy : royal architecture in thirteenth-century Paris

By Cohen , Meredith; King of France Louis IX; Frankreich König Ludwig IX; France Roi Philippe II

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
1107025575, 978-1-107-02557-8, 201-203-205-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
54 MB (57017455 bytes)
Pages
293\322
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
-- 1214-1270 -- Art patronage. Symbolism in archit-- King of Franceetc. HISTORY / Europe / General.France) ArchitectureHigh Gothic -- France -- Paris. Louis -- IXSainte-Chapelle (Parisstructures

Description

This book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important monuments of French Gothic architecture, the Sainte-Chapelle, constructed in Paris by King Louis IX of France between 1239 and 1248 especially to hold and to celebrate Christ's Crown of Thorns. Meredith Cohen argues that the chapel's architecture, decoration, and use conveyed the notion of sacral kingship to its audience in Paris and in greater Europe, thereby implicitly elevating the French king to the level of suzerain, and establishing an early visual precedent for the political theories of royal sovereignty and French absolutism. By setting the chapel within its broader urban and royal contexts, this book offers new insight into royal representation and the rise of Paris as a political and cultural capital in the thirteenth century

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