PANOFSKY, ERWIN ( FOREWORD BY QUENTIN L. SCHAUT) — Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism

London: Meridian Books, 1957. Second Edition; First Impression. Original cloth boards. Slight scuffs to head & tail of spine. Some foxing to endpapers. Bookstore label from 'Bowes & Bowes', Cambridge. ; Original green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrations throughout. Erwin Panofsky’s influential essay explores the close relationship between Gothic architecture & medieval scholastic thought. He shows how the pointed arches, ribbed vaults & carefully ordered spaces of Gothic cathedrals reflect the same urge for clarity, system & logical structure that shapes scholastic philosophy, revealing a shared “mental habit” behind both stone & argument. ; 18.8 cm x 11 cm x 1 cm; 156 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .