"<br><br>After the global hit Ars Sacra, Rolf Toman and his<br><br>team embark on a journey once more. The famous<br><br>French cathedrals of Chartres, Reims and Laon are not<br><br>the only highlights of this volume. Outstanding treasures<br><br>of medieval imagery such as religious panel paintings,<br><br>Madonna statues, illumination and goldsmith art;<br><br>courtly culture also gets attention.<br><br>With his passion and meticulousness, photographer<br><br>Achim Bednorz succeeded to get details in front of his<br><br>camera that cannot even be perceived on the original<br><br>locally. The photographs that are exclusive for this volume<br><br>are particularly well-presented in their large format.<br><br>The author Bruno Klein wrote his take on Gothic<br><br>history to fit, and swiftly takes the reader into a past<br><br>medieval world almost forgotten.<br><br>"<br><br>