Guía visual de la arquitectura en la Edad Media III. El gótico

When we enter a Gothic cathedral, we open the door to a magical universe where stone dissolves and transforms into light. This wonderful book invites us to discover the soul of Gothic architecture, what lies hidden behind its forms, beyond its technical details, its construction elements, or its social dimension (which are also analyzed). Gothic architecture marked the beginning of an unprecedented technical audacity whose main objective was to make walls disappear. This work helps us to "read" a Gothic building with new eyes, beyond its mere tourist appeal, as a testament to humanity's obsession with touching the sky and reaching for the light. Behind this quest still beat the work, the study, the risk, the financial difficulties, the fires, the deaths: all the human fragility that made these achievements possible. In the style of Cátedra's previous Visual Guides to Architecture, this book places the reader in its historical and geographical context and clearly analyzes each of the elements that define Gothic architecture. Its aim is for the reader to fully appreciate the richness of this marvel of humanity that is Gothic architecture.