{"product_id":"2026200011930-secondhand-the-gothic-image","title":"The Gothic Image","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of medieval Europe's greatest artistic achievement stands a single, transformative vision — the Gothic cathedral — and Émile Mâle's The Gothic Image stands as the definitive guide to decoding its magnificent symbolic language. Originally published in French as L'Art religieux du XIIIe siècle en France, this landmark work chronicles the entire iconographic programme of the thirteenth-century French cathedral, presenting the sculptural cycles, stained glass windows, and carved portals not as mere decoration, but as a vast theological encyclopedia carved in stone — a Bible in images for the medieval faithful.\n\nMâle writes with the authority of a scholar who spent a lifetime immersed in the cathedrals of France, and his prose carries a rare combination of rigorous academic precision and genuine lyrical passion. He argues that every figure, every narrative scene, and every symbolic motif was part of an ordered, purposeful cosmology drawn from scripture, the Church Fathers, and the encyclopedists of the Middle Ages. A foundational text in the history of art and religious iconography, The Gothic Image remains as essential to understanding medieval culture today as it was upon its first publication — a work that will forever change the way you look at a cathedral.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130912481499,"sku":"2026200011930-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/62740c25-b3b3-486c-b6f5-98728e74f8d0.png?v=1786591776","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011930-secondhand-the-gothic-image","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}