Downside Abbey: An Architectural History - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1858945429 ISBN 13 : 9781858945422

Editeur : Merrell Publishers Ltd, 2011

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as the most splendid demonstration of the renaissance of Roman Catholicism in England, the Neo-Gothic church at Downside Abbey, Somerset, was built between the 1880s and the 1930s under the direction of some of the country's most renowned ecclesiastical architects. This elegant new book reviews the history and construction of this magnificent building, designed to rival the scale of England's great medieval Gothic cathedrals. Contributions by distinguished architectural historians explore, among other subjects,Thomas Garner's majestic choir, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's soaring nave and the exquisitely redesigned Lady chapel of Sir Ninian Comper. Generously illustrated throughout with drawings, plans, archival photography and dramatic new images by Paul Barker, one of the UK's pre-eminent architectural photographers, Downside Abbey is an absorbing account of a remarkable place of worship.

Revue de presse :

Included in The Times' 'Pick of the Year's Harvest of Books on Architecture, Design and Interiors' feature:

'Paul Barker's photographs reveal him as a master of glancing light, those of the choir and nave ranking with the cathedral images of Frederick Evans'. --The Times

'offers new insights on Catholic and non-Catholic artists and architects ... As a history, it achieves three narratives, as it tells the story of Downside, of Catholic taste a beliefs in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and of British architecture s most important moments.' --The Tablet

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Merrell Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1858945429
• ISBN 13: 9781858945422
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224