Notre Dame Cathedral

Nine Centuries of History

Dany Sandron, Andrew Tallon, Andrew Tallon , Lindsay Cook (Vassar College)

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English

Penn State University Pr
15 March 2020

Religious buildings; History of architecture; History

Since its construction, Notre Dame Cathedral has played a central role in French cultural identity. In the wake of the tragic fire of 2019, questions of how to restore the fabric of this quintessential French monument are once more at the forefront. This all-too-prescient book, first published in French in 2013, takes a central place in the conversation.

The Gothic cathedral par excellence, Notre Dame set the architectural bar in the competitive years of the third quarter of the twelfth century and dazzled the architects and aesthetes of the Enlightenment with its structural ingenuity. In the nineteenth century, the cathedral became the touchstone of a movement to restore medieval patrimony to its rightful place at the cultural heart of France: it was transformed into a colossal laboratory in which architects Jean-Baptiste Lassus and Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc anatomized structures, dismembered them, put them back, or built them anew—all the while documenting their work with scientific precision.

Taking as their point of departure a three-dimensional laser scan of the cathedral created in 2010, architectural historians Dany Sandron and the late Andrew Tallon tell the story of the construction and reconstruction of Notre Dame in visual terms. With over a billion points of data, the scan supplies a highly accurate spatial map of the building, which is anatomized and rebuilt virtually. Fourteen double-page images represent the cathedral at specific points in time, while the accompanying text sets out the history of the building, addressing key topics such as the fundraising campaign, the construction of the vaults, and the liturgical function of the choir.

Featuring 170 full-color illustrations and elegantly translated by Andrew Tallon and Lindsay Cook, Notre Dame Cathedral is an enlightening history of one of the world’s most treasured architectural achievements.

By: Dany Sandron, Andrew Tallon
Translated by: Andrew Tallon, Lindsay Cook (Vassar College)
Imprint: Penn State University Pr
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 191mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780271086224
ISBN 10: 027108622X
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 15 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 1163: Planning the Cathedral The Bishop The Cathedral Chapter The Fabric Resources Episcopal Donations Capitular Donations Lay Donations 1170: Building the Cathedral The Materials The Master Mason The Design The Construction 1177: Constructing the Vaults The Vaults Technical Aspects of Vault Construction The Space of the Choir 1182: Liturgical Choir and Sanctuary The Liturgical Choir Staging the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy The Medieval Sanctuary 1208: Form and Meaning The Choir The Nave 1220: Portals and the Gallery of Kings 1225: Changing Tastes A Radical Transformation The Changes Instability of the West Front 1245: Towers and Bells, Marking Time at the Cathedral The Casting of a Bell 1265: Relics and Processions Relics and Reliquaries Stational Liturgy and Processions 1300: Pious Foundations and Tombs The Choir: Preserve of Prelates and Princes The Chapels Confraternities at Notre Dame 1350: A Point of Reference The Architects Directing the Works 1780: Baroque Transformations 1860: The Major Restoration of Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc Notre Dame in Peril The Invention of French Cultural Heritage The Competition The Project The Restoration The Rational Cathedral The Cathedral Today Conclusion Plan of Notre Dame Glossary Selected Bibliography Credits

Dany Sandron is Professor of Art and Archaeology at Sorbonne Universite. Andrew Tallon (1969-2018) was Associate Professor of Art at Vassar College.

Reviews for Notre Dame Cathedral: Nine Centuries of History

“Smaller, more concise, and more streamlined than a traditional monograph, it emphasizes a series of graphics developed from Tallon’s 3D-scan data, which together purport to show the development of Notre-Dame over the nine centuries of its history. In this way it helps to make the fruits of recent research on the cathedral’s history readily accessible to nonspecialist readers. The new translation undertaken by Lindsay Cook, who studied with both Murray and Tallon and whose own research considers parish churches constructed in the orbit of Notre-Dame, now effectively expands that mission to anglophone audiences.” —Robert Bork, caa.reviews “With up-to-date scholarship and information from a laser scan now being consulted for the repairs of Notre Dame, this survey is at once authoritative and accessible, an important addition to the specialist and non-specialist libraries alike.” —Nancy Wu, Speculum