The Book: The history of the cathdral's construction, as well as its restoration in the nineteenth century, is recounted in detail in this exhaustive study. Photography proves an essential aid in this project of historical reconstruction, for it offers telling glimpses of columns, sculpture, capitals, and stained glass windows. The constant mirroring of image and text in this lavishly illustrated volume provides ready access, on a scale alternately intimate and grand, to a monument that continues to attract countless visitors from around the world.
hardcover - 11" x 14.5" - 256 pages - 262 illustrations
The Author: Alain Erlande-Brandenburg is chief curator of the Musée de Cluny and the Musée d'Écouen.
