Visions of Heaven The Dome in European Architecture
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Visions of Heaven The Dome in European Architecture
David Stephenson With essays by Victoria Hammond and Keith F. Davis
Princeton Architectural Press New York
Published by Princeton Architectural Press 37 East Seventh Street New York, New York 10003 For a free catalog of books, call 1.800.722.6657. Visit our web site at www.papress.com. © 2005 Princeton Architectural Press All rights reserved Printed and bound in China 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 First edition Images © David Stephenson, appearing courtesy Julie Saul Gallery, www.saulgallery.com No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the publisher, except in the context of reviews. Every reasonable attempt has been made to identify owners of copyright. Errors or omissions will be corrected in subsequent editions. Editing: Nicola Bednarek Design: Jan Haux Special thanks to: Nettie Aljian, Dorothy Ball, Janet Behning, Megan Carey, Penny (Yuen Pik) Chu, Russell Fernandez, Clare Jacobson, John King, Mark Lamster, Nancy Eklund Later, Linda Lee, Katharine Myers, Lauren Nelson, Molly Rouzie, Jane Sheinman, Scott Tennent, Jennifer Thompson, Paul Wagner, Joseph Weston, and Deb Wood of Princeton Architectural Press —Kevin C. Lippert, publisher
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stephenson, David, 1955– Visions of heaven : the dome in European architecture / David Stephenson ; with essays by Victoria Hammond and Keith F. Davis p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-56898-549-5 (alk. paper) 1. Architectural photography—Europe. 2. Domes—Europe—Pictorial works. 3. Photography of interiors—Europe. 4. Stephenson, David, 1955– I. Hammond, Victoria. II. Davis, Keith F. III. Title. TR659.S74 2005 779'.4—dc22 2005009068
Contents Contents Admiration and Awe Awe: David Stephenson andPhotographic the Photographi David Stephenson and the Sublime 6 by byKeith KeithF.F.Davis Davis
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Byzantine, Classical, Islamic, Byzantine, Romanesque, Islamic, and Gothic Architecture Romanesque, and Gothic Architecture
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The TheRenaissance Renaissance
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The The Baroque Baroque ininSouthern Southernand andWestern WesternEurope Europe
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The The Baroque Baroque and and Rococo Rococo in in Central Central and and Eastern Eastern Europe Europe
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The The Nineteenth Nineteenth Century Century
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The Dome in in European Architecture The Dome European Architecture bybyVictoria VictoriaHammond Hammond
Bibliography Bibliography
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Admiration and Awe David Stephenson and the Photographic Sublime
by Keith F. Davis
Over the last quarter-century, David Stephenson has produced a remarkable body of work: one that is rigorously conceived, richly varied, critically informed, inventive, and poetic. This work is composed of a series of discrete and systematic investigations of a single large subject: the idea of the sublime. Much, of course, has been written on the artistic meaning and philosophical tradition of the sublime. Developed in the eighteenth century from the writ
