Stephen Murray (historian)

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  • Beauvais Cathedral: Architecture of Transcendence (Princeton University Press, 1989); ISBN   0-6910-4236-5
  • Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens: The Power of Change in Gothic (Cambridge University Press, 1996); ISBN   0-5214-9735-3
  • A Gothic Sermon: Making a Contract with the Mother of God, Saint Mary of Amiens (University of California Press, 2004); ISBN   0-5202-3847-8
  • Plotting Gothic (University of Chicago Press, 2015); ISBN   0-2261-9180-X
  • Notre-Dame of Amiens: Life of the Gothic Cathedral (Columbia University Press, 2021); ISBN   9780231195768
  • Journals

    A list of Murray's publications in journals can be found through his profile page on the Mapping Gothic website.

    Notes

    1. Website of the Media Center for Art History
    2. Website of the Amiens Cathedral Imaging Project
    3. History of Architecture website
    4. Website of Mapping Gothic France

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    Professor

    Stephen Murray
    Academic background
    Education The Courtauld Institute of Art