Early Medieval Architecture as Bearer of Meaning

Probably the most important contribution to understanding [the] history of architecture... The content of the work is so comprehensive, the author's excursions into related fields shed light onto so many new and surprising relationships, that it is impossible even to enumerate the variety of the historical, aesthetic, and philosophical aspects of the book." -- Paul Zucker, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism "It makes a timely, welcome addition to essential library holdings in those areas... Highly recommended." -- Choice "Thanks to Kendall Wallis's careful translation the English-speaking world now has the opportunity to rediscover ideas that have endured for more than half a century.