cathedral the story of its construction by david macaulay

So, it’s not exciting storytelling, it’s interesting and amazing story telling.

The book is long and its a story of putting together a cathedral from foundation to the spire. David does amazing pictures of the Cathedral and all its parts and how it would be put together. They are all black and white pencil drawings. Five of these titles have been made into popular PBS television programs. From the pyramids of Egypt to the skyscrapers of New York City, the human race’s great architectural and engineering accomplishments have been demystified through Macaulay's elaborate show-and-tells. Following in this tradition, Macaulay created other books-including City, Castle, Pyramid, Mill, Underground, Unbuilding, and Mosque-that have provided the explanations of the how and the why in a way that is both accessible and entertaining. He published his first book, Cathedral, in 1973.

After working as an interior designer, a junior high school teacher, and a teacher at RISD, Macaulay began to experiment with creating books. After spending his fifth year at RISD in Rome on the European Honors Program, he received a bachelor’s degree in architecture and vowed never to practice. During this time he began to draw seriously, and after graduating from high school he enrolled in the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He found himself having to adjust from an idyllic English childhood to life in a fast paced American city. ' Fascinating detail.' The New York Times ' David Macaulay is nothing less than America's Explainer-in-Chief.David Macaulay, born in 1946, was eleven when his parents moved from England to Bloomfield, New Jersey. Journey back to a long-ago world and visit the fictional people of twelfth-, thirteenth-, and fourteenth-century Europe whose dreams, like Cathedral, stand the test of time. Caldecott Medal winner David Macaulay's imaginary Cathedral of Chutreaux remains a touchstone for budding architects as well as those interested in medieval history. A Caldecott Honor Book One of the New York Times's Best Illustrated Books of the Year From the author of The Way Things Work, whose books have won numerous awards and sold millions of copiesand delighted readers young and old alikethis is a lively, detailed, and lavishly illustrated account of the building of a cathedral, and the community around it, through many decades.

Recreates the building of a French Gothic cathedral from half a forest to the last sheet of lead on the spire' (Time).

Cathedral the story of its construction by david macaulay