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.
Autorentext
Autorentext
John Shannon Hendrix biography
Titel
The Splendor of English Gothic Architecture
Untertitel
Unterstützte Lesegerätegruppen: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
Autor
EAN
9781783107940
ISBN
978-1-78310-794-0
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
28.12.2023
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
60.59 MB
Anzahl Seiten
268
Jahr
2015
Untertitel
Englisch
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