"La Cathedrale" Joris-Karla Huysmansa a mit katedry gotyckiej
"La Cathedrale" Joris-Karl Huysmans and the myth of the gothic cathedral
Author(s): Wojciech BałusSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: architecture; Gothic
Summary/Abstract: In the novel "La Cathedrale" published in 1897, Joris-Karl Huysmans attempted to understand the phenomenon of the gothic cathedral, using the example of Notre-Dame in Chartres. The article shows how the author's interpretation are based on the 19th-century thought, and they came from. Huysmans saw gothic cathedrals as a religious phenomenon, which was contradictory to tradition introduced by Victor Hugo. While analyzing the symbolism of the architecture as well as the iconography of the sculptures and stain-glass windows, he followed the 19th-century archeology and Christian iconography which attached symbolic meaning to all elements in the church.
Journal: Przegląd Humanistyczny
- Issue Year: 412/2007
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 89-107
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Polish
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