Download or read book The Age of the Cathedrals written by Georges Duby and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1983-02-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing that a work of art is the product of a particular time and place as much as it is the creation of an individual, Duby provides a sweeping survey of the changing mentalities of the Middle Ages as reflected in the art and architecture of the period. "If Age of the Cathedrals has a fault, it is that Professor Duby knows too much, has too many new ideas and takes such a delight in setting them out. . . insights whiz to and fro like meteorites."—John Russell, New York Times Book Review