![]() ![]() ' David Macaulay is nothing less than America's Explainer-in-Chief. ![]() Recreates the building of a French Gothic. ![]() ' Fascinating detail.' The New York Times Read Cathedral The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay available from Rakuten Kobo. Journey back to a long-ago world and visit the fictional people of twelfth-, thirteenth-, and fourteenth-century Europe whose dreams, like Cathedral, stand the test of time. One of the New York Times's Best Illustrated Books of the Yearįrom the author of The Way Things Work, whose books have won numerous awards and sold millions of copiesand delighted readers young and old alikethis is a lively, detailed, and lavishly illustrated account of the building of a cathedral, and the community around it, through many decades.Ĭaldecott Medal winner David Macaulay's imaginary Cathedral of Chutreaux remains a touchstone for budding architects as well as those interested in medieval history. In this book his topic is a medieval European cathedral. Recreates the building of a French Gothic cathedral from half a forest to the last sheet of lead on the spire' ( Time). Cathedral was the first of David Macaulay’s very popular (and groundbreaking) children’s books, in which he produced large drawings accompanied by interesting text, together illustrating how various things have been put together by humans over the ages. ![]()
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