Project Gutenberg 2013-02-11 Public domain in the USA. 173 Scott, Leader 1837 1902 Baxter, Lucy The Cathedral Builders: The Story of a Great Masonic Guild Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Cathedral Builders: The Story of a Great Masonic Guild" by Leader Scott is a historical account written in the late 19th century. It explores the significant role of the Comacine Masters, a medieval guild of builders and architects, in the evolution of architecture from the decline of the Roman Empire through to the Renaissance. The book seeks to highlight the major architectural advancements made by this guild and its influence throughout Europe during the dark centuries of art history. At the start of the book, the author introduces the historical context of Italian art and the gap between the ancient classical style and the rise of the Renaissance. Scott emphasizes that the Comacine Masters, based in the region around Lake Como, were instrumental in preserving and developing architectural knowledge during this time. He discusses the guild's origins, its organization, and its importance in various church-building efforts across Italy and beyond, presenting them as the vital link between ancient artistic traditions and the flourishing of Gothic architecture. The opening establishes a framework for examining how these builders adapted their skills and influenced the architectural styles found in different regions, while also serving as a precursor to later chapters that dive deeper into specific historical developments and contributions of the guild. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Church architecture Cathedrals Guilds NA Text Browsing: Architecture Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: History - General 1084041 1084046 2024-09-17T15:09:50.647265 2023-09-18T09:54:27.489693 text/html text/html 1071039 2013-02-11T14:46:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 5587549 2013-02-11T14:47:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 5841150 2024-09-17T15:10:11.390184 application/epub+zip 5856444 2024-09-17T15:09:55.519259 application/epub+zip 458066 2024-09-17T15:09:52.992281 application/epub+zip 6227220 2024-09-17T15:10:21.959613 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6175277 2024-09-17T15:10:09.169233 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 753076 2022-09-19T08:52:41.353864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 899562 2024-09-17T15:09:46.781322 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 898945 2013-02-11T14:46:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 333658 2013-02-11T14:47:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 898717 2013-02-11T14:46:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 333407 2013-02-11T14:47:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 898917 2013-02-11T14:46:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 333054 2013-02-11T14:47:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22084 2024-09-17T15:10:22.135624 application/rdf+xml 18897 2024-09-17T15:09:53.562310 image/jpeg 4351 2024-09-17T15:09:53.281267 image/jpeg 5682019 2024-09-17T15:09:51.348342 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia