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Kinder, Terryl Nancy, 1946-.

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This welcome translation from the earlier French tradition is wonderfully illustrated and looks at the relationship between architecture and spiritualism and explores how the former encapsulated and reflected the latter. After a historical overview of 12th and 13th century abbeys and discussion of the everyday life and activities of the monks and nuns. Cistercian Europe: Architecture of Contemplation Hardcover – December 31, 2002.

It was headed by Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153), who believed that churches should avoid superfluous ornamentation so as not to distract from the religious life. Cistercian architecture was simple and utilitarian.

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Cistercian Europe offers a lavishly illustrated journey through Europe's magnificent Cistercian abbeys. A leading expert in medieval architecture, Terryl Kinder brings these famous monasteries to life, showing not only where monks lived, worked, and prayed but also how the exquisite architecture of these buildings reflects the spiritual transformation to which their residents aspired. Dozens of famous Cistercian monasteries from across Europe have been chosen to illustrate the wide variety of architectural forms.

First of all, Kinder's book is handsome, filled with exquisite photographs from across the continent of Europe (many of them her own) as well as clear, useful floor plans. Its attractiveness extends to the gracefully written and reader-friendly text, the authoritative statement of decades of study by the author, studded with thoughtful personal insights.

Chicago Distribution Center. Terryl N. Kinder, Cistercian Europe: Architecture of Contemplation. William B. Eerdmans Publishing C. 2002.

Cistercian Europe: Architecture of Contemplation. Modern architecture was slow in moving into religious buildings, and the first important modernist churches only appeared in Europe and South America in the 1920s and 1930s

Cistercian Europe: Architecture of Contemplation. America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community. Modern architecture was slow in moving into religious buildings, and the first important modernist churches only appeared in Europe and South America in the 1920s and 1930s. Some of them were designed by the most famous architects of the time, including Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier, and were remarkably innovative. Le Corbusier’s Notre-Dame-du-Haut at Ronchamps in eastern France, for instance, looks from some angles like a nun’s headdress.