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This book explains and celebrates the richness of Englishchurches and cathedrals, which have a major place inmedieval architecture. The English Gothic style developedsomewhat later than in France, but rapidly developed itsown architectural and ornamental codes. The author, John Shannon Hendrix, classifies English Gothic architecture in four principal stages: the early English Gothic, the decorated, the curvilinear, and the perpendicular Gothic. Several photographs of these architectural testimonies allow us to understand the whole originality of Britain during the Gothic era: in Canterbury, Wells, Lincoln, York, and Salisbury. The English Gothic architecture is a poetic one, speaking both to the senses and spirit.
churches and cathedrals, which have a major place in
medieval architecture. The English Gothic style developed
somewhat later than in France, but rapidly developed its
own architectural and ornamental codes.
The author, John Shannon Hendrix, classifies English
Gothic architecture in four principal stages: the early
English Gothic, the decorated, the curvilinear, and the
perpendicular Gothic. Several photographs of these
architectural testimonies allow us to understand the whole
originality of Britain during the Gothic era: in Canterbury,
Wells, Lincoln, York, and Salisbury. The English Gothic
architecture is a poetic one, speaking both to the senses
and spirit.
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churches and cathedrals, which have a major place in
medieval architecture. The English Gothic style developed
somewhat later than in France, but rapidly developed its
own architectural and ornamental codes.
The author, John Shannon Hendrix, classifies English
Gothic architecture in four principal stages: the early
English Gothic, the decorated, the curvilinear, and the
perpendicular Gothic. Several photographs of these
architectural testimonies allow us to understand the whole
originality of Britain during the Gothic era: in Canterbury,
Wells, Lincoln, York, and Salisbury. The English Gothic
architecture is a poetic one, speaking both to the senses
and spirit.
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English
Poids de l'ouvrage
103 Mo
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The Splendour of English Gothic Architecture
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The Splendour of English Gothic Architecture
Introduction
Early English Decorated Curvilinear
Perpendicular
Contents
Acknowledgements
Bibliography Index
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Introduction
he purpose of this book is to examine and celebrate the richness of English Gothic architecture, in its use of materials, chTurches in England are among the most beautiful buildings in the light, space, pattern, texture, and colour. Cathedrals and world; they display less material splendour, but a more spiritual or experiential splendour. The experience of many of the buildings is unparalleled: being in the buildings, it is possible to find a sense of fulfillment through pleasure in the senses, intellectual stimulation in the complex structures and patterns, and the spirituality to which the spaces are devoted. The buildings make possible an architectural experience which is unique, and have a richness beyond most buildings, especially modern buildings. Architecture is closer to reaching its potential in these buildings than in most others; its potential to create a fulfilling experience in which human identity is understood in relation to nature and the divine. The architecture speaks, through its materials, spaces, structures, textures, and patterns, to both the senses and intellect; it is among the most poetic of all architecture, and is among the closest of all buildings which form art while still fulfilling the aspirations of architecture. The hope of this book is for the details of the buildings to be seen together as a whole, as a myriad of variations on a theme, which, taken together, represent an extraordinary architectural experience.
The development of English Gothic architecture throughout the Middle Ages, from 1180 to 1540, is relatively homogeneous and consistent, contributing to the same campaign, the same particular use of vocabulary elements, with surprising and innovative variations, and the same expressive intentions. Consistently throughout the development of English Gothic architecture, there is an intention in the architecture to express a poetic idea through the juxtaposition of non-structural geometries with the structural geometries of the architecture. Its characteristic “handwriting”, the linear networks, surface patterns, geometrical articulations, and spatial interpenetrations contribute to the creation of an architecture in which form contradicts function, resulting in a poetic expression. In order for architecture to be art, its form must contradict its function, as architecture, unlike other arts, can never be free and independent from its function. The cathedrals and churches of English Gothic architecture contribute to an
expression of a coherent idea, representing the theology, philosophy, and epistemology (Scholasticism) of medieval England. The buildings are intended as catechisms, as three-dimensional models for didactic purposes, to represent and communicate basic ideas about man, God, and being to everyone. Such concepts of the structure of the universe, being, and intellect permeated the culture of medieval England, and from 1180 to 1540 contributed to a homogeneous cultural expression, particularly in the architecture of the cathedral. Cathedral architecture developed as a response to thezeitgeist of the era; there was little concept of individual artistic expression or creativity. The result is a lasting representation, in built form, of the theology, philosophy, and epistemology of a civilisation in the Middle Ages in England.
The architecture is presented chronologically, beginning at the end th th of the 12 century and culminating at the beginning of the 16 century. The chronological development is divided into periods, periods which were established by Thomas Rickman in the Attempt to Discriminate the Style of Architecture in Englandin 1815. The periods are Early English (1180-1250), Early Decorated (1250-1290), Decorated or Curvilinear (1290-1380), and Perpendicular (1380-1540). The names given to the periods by Rickman are not exhaustive or completely accurate in relation to the architecture of the periods, but they suffice to provide the simplest and most accepted way of naming the periods.
The chapter “Early English” presents architectural developments at Canterbury, Wells, Lincoln, Winchester, Ely, Beverley, Chester, York, Salisbury, Worcester, Southwell, and Gloucester. Canterbury Cathedral is the first English Gothic cathedral, where the work of William of Sens and William the Englishman marks a departure from Norman or Romanesque precedents, where forms and approaches are invented which would be influential throughout the development of English Gothic architecture. The first phase of building at Wells, including the nave, was contemporary with the first phase of building at Lincoln, and the two buildings represent different departures from the architecture at Canterbury, but each equally and distinctively defining English Gothic architecture,
Nave vault, 14751490. Sherborne Abbey.
John Constable,Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds,1823. Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 111.8 cm. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. (pp. 89)
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Wells more in its homogeneity and Lincoln more in its syncretism. The east and west transepts at Lincoln show the influence of Canterbury in an experimental approach to spatial relationships and a variety of materials. The rose windows in the west transept, along with the Dean’s Eye and Bishop’s Eye, are the first great examples of stained glass in an English Gothic cathedral. Ely Cathedral was the first to exhibit the influence of Lincoln, visible in the detailing of the west front and the Galilee Porch, in particular the overlapping double arcading. The eastern part of Winchester Cathedral, the Lady Chapel, shows the influence of th Lincoln in the early 13 century. The overlapping double arcade occurs at Beverley Minster, along with Purbeck shafts and
openwork arcading, in a purification of the intentions at Lincoln. The elevations of the south transept of York Minster, begun around 1220, are similar to Lincoln and Beverley, as are the elevations of the retrochoir of Worcester Cathedral, built in the 1220s; the vault of Worcester retrochoir is a tierceron vault derived from Lincoln. The motifs of the retrochoir elevations are continued into the choir at Worcester.
The architects of Salisbury Cathedral, Elias of Dereham and Nicholas of Ely, incorporated Lincoln motifs into the new th design in the 13 century, combining them with themes from Wells. The choir of Southwell Minster is based on the Lincoln,
Girart de Roussilon,Chanson de Geste: Builing Site, th second half of the 15 century. Nationalbibliothek, Vienna.
