Early Medieval Architecture as Bearer of Meaning by Bandmann, Gunter -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half title Title Copyright Epigraph and Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Bearing Bandmann’s Meaning: A Translator’s Introduction by Kendall Willis 1: The Problem of Meaning in Architecture

The Essence of Meaning The Medieval Work of Art Aesthetic Meaning The Current State of Research on Symbolic and Historical Meaning in Architecture Sources and Methods: The Sources Sources and Methods: The Methods

2: The Symbolic Meaning of Buildings According to Written and Visual Sources

The Written Sources

The Role of the Bauherr The Medieval Copy Historical Consciousness in the Middle Ages The Standards of Medieval Architectural Theorists The Intended Purpose The Allegorical Meaning The Church as Heavenly City

The Visual Sources

The Formal Consequences of Allegorical Meaning

The Meaning of the Keystone The Column as Tree The Column as Figure City and Castle as Model of the Church The Two-Towered City Gate The City Wall The Three-Tower Group The Niche-Portal The Three-Arched Opening

Summary

3: Historical Meaning

Tradition and Habit Turning Toward Historicity

State, Religion, and Law Sacred Kingship Writing Portraiture Images of Events The Demarcated Area Dwelling, Tomb, Temple Building in Stone The Holy Place Spolia Axial Arrangement Within a Structured Area Axial Arrangement Within a Building

Effects of Historical Meaning

The Emperor and Architecture The Transept as Throne Hall The Cruciform Tomb The Three-Chambered Layout The Architectural Baldachin The Transept Basilica and Cruciform Basilica of the Franks Before Charlemagne The Central-Plan Building The Westwork Tendencies of the Western Imperium The Beginnings of Norman Architecture in Relation to the Architecture of the Empire The Roman Idiom of the Western Imperium The Double Choir Architectural Ornament

The Emperor’s Rivals

The Roman Curia The Monastic Orders The Italian Cities Bishops and Regional Lords The “Nations”

4: The Decline of Symbolic and Historical Meaning

Reform and Secularization The Predominance of Artistic Tendencies The New Awareness of Space Summary

Afterword Notes Bibliography Index