Architecture Of Silence: Cistercian Abbeys Of France; Author: Photographer Heald, David; Author: Heald, David; Performer: Heald, David; Hardback; Book

Author: Photographer Heald, David; Author: Heald, David; Performer: Heald, David
Hardback; Book; 98 Tritone Photographs
152 pages
Published: October 2000
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
ISBN: 0810941163

The Cistercians were an order of monks and their abbeys are among the most harmonious and refined medieval buildings in France. This book reproduces 98 hauntingly luminous tritone photographs of the nearly 900-year-old abbeys, often in remote and beautiful settings.A clear and beautifully illustrated introduction to the history and architecture of the early Cistercian abbeys of France. An illustrated introduction to the history and architecture of the early Cistercian abbeys of France. Ninety eight photographs are accompanied by historical notes by a leading scholar in the subject.