François Icher
Autor(a) de Building the Great Cathedrals
About the Author
Image credit: François Icher en octobre 2018 lors d'une intervention à Nantes intitulée " L'entrée dans le métier et le tutorat : la transmission des savoirs"
Obras de François Icher
Il était une fois les cathédrales : Les plus belles légendes autour de leur construction (2001) 1 exemplar(es)
La France des artisans et des métiers 1 exemplar(es)
Les compagnonnages et la société française au 20ème siècle 1 exemplar(es)
la france des compagnons 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Icher, François
- Nome de batismo
- Icher, François
- Data de nascimento
- 1958
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- France
- País (para mapa)
- France
- Educação
- Agrégation d'histoire géographie
Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès (Doctorat, Histoire, Thèse 'Les compagnonnages et la société française au XXe siècle', 19 97) - Ocupação
- Professeur agrégé d'histoire
docteur en histoire
Inspecteur pédagogique régional
chercheur au CNRS - Relacionamentos
- Laborie, Pierre (Directeur de thèse)
- Organizações
- CNRS
Membros
Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 18
- Membros
- 175
- Popularidade
- #122,547
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 22
- Idiomas
- 2
Cons: some extraneous information, refutes bad information by first teaching it to the reader
The book consists of six chapters: The Age of the Cathedrals; Patronage, Financing, and the Workshop Committee; The Architect; Before Reaching the Cathedral Construction-site; The Cathedral Construction-site; and The Memory of the Builders. I was hoping for a more in depth explanation of how cathedrals are built, from beginning to end. This turned out to be a very basic primer of the process. Turns out that’s all I really needed. There are over 200 colour photos, making this is a luscious book. It’s oversized so the photos are also quite large. There’s a good mix with a lot of building images and photos from various cathedrals.
The emphasis here is on French cathedrals and guilds, branching out briefly to touch on other places. I found it a bit annoying how the author kept refuting beliefs. Yes, it’s important to correct misconceptions but I’d prefer that be done by simply explaining the correct answer rather than taking up room to teach the bad information first. I also found the short chapter on whether a modern French confraternity descends from the medieval guilds unnecessary.
The last chapter includes information on a sketchbook that survives from the middle ages which reproduces many cathedral design elements. That was fantastic. I also appreciated the translations of some of the guild regulations for stonecutters.
This is a basic guide to the construction of cathedrals - from start to finish - whose illustrations really make it worth the price.… (mais)