Gothic Art: Glorious Visions

by Michael Camille

Part of Prentice Hall's Perspectives series of moderately priced, heavily illustrated, high-quality paperback books on specific subjects in art history, this survey of Gothic art in Europe takes a fresh look at the meaning of the term "Gothic" and examines the art of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in terms of the way it is seen.

Genres: Art, Art History, History, Nonfiction, Architecture, Medieval, Gothic

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

Reviews

[marina · Rating 3 out of 5]

me ha costado tantísimo empezarlo pero es muy muy interesante... sin embargo la copia q he leído estaba subrayada asiq me he querido matar bastantes veces durante la lectura

[Christina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoy Gothic painting and looking at French Gothic architecture but learning about the the sculptural programs on some of these buildings was more than I could handle. There are only so many times a girl can look at "The Coronation of the Virgin", "The Assumption of the Virgin" and whatever other Marian crap these people were into before her head spins off her body in total frustration. The pictures were nice.

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tuve que leerlo para un seminario y aunque hubo partes más entretenidas que otras me ha gustado. Si que es verdad que al no estar escrito de forma cronológica no es el mejor libro para aprender sobre el arte gótico en general. Aún así, aporta ideas muy interesantes.

[calditodelpuchero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bien organizado, me encanta el enfoque que se le da. Aparte de ser un tema interesantisimo aporta numerosas obras de apoyo.

[Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides · Rating 3 out of 5]

More like flipped through. Makes the argument that Gothic cathedrals should be seen as immersive experiences, rather than as pure architecture and engineering or pure iconography. The design of the book made this a little difficult to look at — all the text, except for picture captions, is in bold type. Plus, some of the details were a little too small. There were some nice illustrations, though — particularly this model book page of animals and Africa whispering into the ear of Europe.

[Mary Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to read this for a final exam so pardon the late review, but this is a wonderful book! I feel that it does a great job at organizing all the information about the gothic art movement into easily digestible chunks. Fair warning, though, this doesn't go chronologically so it's maybe not the first book you should read about Gothic art and architecture if you want to get a good idea of how the movement came abot. Maybe the second or third.

[Zad_reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would say "if I could rate this 10 stars then I would" but that would be untrue. I cannot give a numeral rating to a book that disassembled my brain, worldview and general opinion on art as a concept. I will be recommending this book to anyone that unfairly criticises either gothic art or modern art, because the two have a shocking amount of similarities. My initial reaction upon finishing this book (about 13 minutes ago) was to yell "what the fuck" very loudly and then cry, but I did neither because I am on a train.

Tldr: very much worth your while

[ampi ★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

la verdad esq es un libro que me he tenido que leer pa la universidad, aún así me ha gustado.
los capítulos están subdividos de forma que se te hace más rápida y menos pesada la lectura.
todas las páginas cuentan con imágenes para apoyar la información, aunque si que es verdad que en algunas ocasiones se ha hecho pesado el comentario de esas mismas imágenes, en otras si que ha sido necesario. en cualquier caso, es un muy buen libro para comprender el imaginario medievak gótico a la perfección y acercarse al arte de ese periodo.

[Ana lu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esto más que un libro es un viaje. El Gótico es una de las épocas más bonitas de toda la historia de la que no sabemos prácticamente nada, y no porque no halla documentos u obras de arte que nos lo muestren, sino porque queda opacado por el Renacimiento y por la primacía que le dan los historiadores posteriores

[Val · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me ha tocado leerlo para clase, no puedo ser objetiva

[Arnau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una maravilla. Apto para entendidos y no entendidos sobre Historia del Arte. Imprescindible para hacerse una idea de lo que fue el arte gótico para la gente de su época. Mis 10.

[Lucía Carratala · Rating 5 out of 5]

Denso pero muy bueno, completo.

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,25

[Antonio Miguel Fdez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Está muy bien escrito, pero, claro, te tiene que gustar el arte gótico, que no es mi caso.

[Natali✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mañana tengo examen de este libro , a ver cómo sale 😂😂

[L.E. Fidler · Rating 5 out of 5]

once upon a time, i dreamed of a life where i would move to chicago and study medieval art history under michael camille. together, we could delve into the world of gothic architecture. he'd explain how, spatially, the cathedrals were designed to keep the penitents' eyes upwards, constantly directed towards heaven. i'd theorize flimsy links between architectural design and poetic construction in "pearl" and "sir gawain" and then we'd ride off into the sunset on unicorns of gold.

then, i got to college and my beloved thesis adviser told me michael camille was dead.

true story, that is.

[Barb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Speaking as an enthusiast who wishes to have been a scholar of Gothic, I liked the organization of this book: new visions or time, space, God, nature and self in the Gothic era. I was completely blown away by the thought of the invention of the mechanical clock, the installation of those clocks in town squares and the subsequent reordering of all life around the clock, and the bells which rung accordingly. For human work and leisure that's as cataclysmic a shift as the light bulb was to the late 19th century. This book is beautifully illustrated too. Recommended for those who love medieval art.

[Batsap · Rating 4 out of 5]

Never having read a book on art or architecture before, I found this suitably easy to understand and very engaging. The meanings of technical architectural terms were explained, so I didn't feel out of my depth and have to keep looking things up every now and then. The style it was written in was clear and precise with none of the unnecessary verbiage that can appear in factual texts.

The pictures were beautiful too.

[Syd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Glorious Visions was a delight to read. I soaked it up. Camille did an excellent job covering a lot of ground and conveying the wonderful peculiarities of the medieval perspective. Of course, with that much material to cover, he rarely went into quite as much depth as I would have liked for each piece, and I did from time to time lose the threads of argument and chronology (hence the four stars). On the whole, though, magnificent book. I hope to mine its bibliography for future readings.

[indiefishsteak · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't remember much about this book, but it was interesting and informative about architecture and art in the middle ages. I was most intrigued by how things were designed to give people a spiritual frame of mind. I think it translates across the board in religions. Good food for thought.

[Tam]

A great introduction to Gothic Art. Professor Camille has a wonderful, unconventional way in viewing art. Gothic Art, as I take out of this book, is indeed very interative, visionary, and can be much more advanced than art in later period.

[Bettie · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[laia · Rating 2 out of 5]

com torne a suspendre esta assignatura................