by Cesare Marchi · Rizzoli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817115261
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«Grandi peccatori, grandi cattedrali» is the historical essay by Cesare Marchi, published by Rizzoli in paperback (243 pages, in Italian).
The essay surveys fifteen European Gothic cathedrals, from Chartres to Cologne and from Seville to Venice, to reclaim a Middle Ages richer than the cliché of dark ages. With wit and erudition it blends history, architecture and anecdotes, seeing in them faith, civic pride and very human passions.
The book won the Bancarella Prize in 1988; its original Italian edition dates from 1987. It belongs to the BUR Supersaggi collection.
A work of popular history for those interested in the Middle Ages, religious architecture and the human stories behind great monuments.
