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demonstrating the overwhelming extent to which the applied arts have enriched customs

Freud and Stendhal

Architecture and Affect in the Middle Ages Magic And after thatHow did people living in the Middle Ages respond to spectacular buildings, such as the Gothic cathedrals? While contemporary scholarship places a large emphasis on the emotional content of Western medieval figurative art, the emotion of architecture has largely gone undiscussed. In a radical new approach, Architecture and Affect in the Middle Ages explores the relationship between medieval buildings and the complexity of experience they engendered.