cathedral the story of its construction by david macaulay

His first book, Cathedral (1973), was a history, extensively illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings, of the construction of a fictitious but representative Gothic cathedral. Macaulay is the author of several books on architecture and design. Macaulay currently lives in Norwich, Vermont. He then took jobs as an interior designer, a junior high school teacher, and a teacher at RISD before he began to create books. He spent his fifth year at RISD in the European Honors Program, studying in Rome. After graduating he decided against pursuing a career in architecture. After graduating from high school in Cumberland, Rhode Island, in 1964, he enrolled in the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) where he received a bachelor's degree in architecture. He had an early fascination with how machines operated and made models and drew illustrations of them. At the age of eleven, Macaulay emigrated with his family to Bloomfield, New Jersey. Macaulay was a 2006 recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Program award and received the Caldecott Medal in 1991 for Black and White (1990).ĭavid Macaulay was born in Burton upon Trent and raised in Lancashire, England. His illustrations have been featured in nonfiction books combining text and illustrations explaining architecture, design and engineering, and he has written a number of children's fiction books. His works include Cathedral (1973), The Way Things Work (1988) and The New Way Things Work (1998).

N° de ref.David Macaulay (born 2 December 1946) is a British-born American illustrator and writer. Description text copyright 2017 BooksForComfort. Although the people of Chutreaux are imaginary, their single-mindedness, their spirit, and their incredible courage are typical of the people of 12th-, 13th-, and 14th-century Europe whose magnificent dreams still stand today. For owing to either financial or structural problems or both, the completion of many such undertakings was delayed for as long as two hundred years. The story of its almost uninterrupted construction, however, represents a somewhat ideal situation. The cathedral of Chutreaux is imaginary, but the methods of its construction correspond closely to the actual construction of a Gothic cathedral. Some edge wear to covers, bottom front corner creased.

Scratch on front cover where label removed. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, MA, 1973. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay.

Cathedral the story of its construction by david macaulay