Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages: Venice, Siena, Florence

by Charles Eliot Norton

1902. This book discusses the history of church building throughout Venice, Siena and Florence in the Middle Ages. Contents: church building in the Middle Ages; Venice and St. Mark's; Siena and Our Lady of the Assumption: beginning of the Duomo and the Battle of Montaperti, story of the Duomo after 1260; Florence and St. Mary of the Flower: church of Arnolfo, dome of Brunelleschi. Also contains appendices on documents relation to the Duomo of Siena and irregularities of construction in Italian buildings of the Middle Ages.

Hardcover

First published February 28, 2013

About the author

Charles Eliot Norton, son of Andrews Norton, was a noted author, translator, social critic and liberal activist. He was appointed Professor of the History of Art at Harvard in 1875; this chair was created for him and he held it for 23 years until retirement. The Archaeological Institute of America chose him as its first president, and he was described as the foremost American proponent of the Arts and Crafts movement.

The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures are given annually by distinguished professors at Harvard, where Norton bequeathed the more valuable portion of his library.