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Author : S. E. Rigold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Chapter House and the Pyx Chamber, Westminster Abbey written by S. E. Rigold and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tony Trowles
Publisher : Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781857596496
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (964 download)
Download or read book Treasures of Westminster Abbey written by Tony Trowles and published by Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - New edition of this exploration of one of Britain's greatest buildings - A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated survey of Westminster Abbey's art treasures Westminster Abbey has a history stretching back over a thousand years. Founded as a Benedictine monastery in the mid-tenth century, it is the coronation church where monarchs have been crowned amid great splendor since 1066. The present church, begun by Henry III in 1245, is a treasure house of architectural and artistic achievement on which each succeeding century has left its mark. The medieval and Renaissance tombs within the Abbey, though among the most important in Europe, form only a small part of the extraordinary collection of gravestones, memorials and monumental sculpture for which it has long been famous. Ranging from the thirteenth-century shrine of St Edward and the Renaissance splendor of Henry VII's Lady Chapel, to the literary memorials of Poets' Corner and the statues of twentieth-century martyrs on the Abbey's west front, this book describes the stained glass, furniture, sculpture, textiles, wall paintings and many other historic artefacts found within this remarkable church. Contents: Introduction; Edward the Confessor's Chapel; Sacrarium and High Altar; Quire and Crossing; North Transept and Ambulatory; South Ambulatory and Transept; Nave; Lady Chapel; Cloisters; Abbey Precincts.
Author : Richard Jenkyns
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674017160
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Westminster Abbey written by Richard Jenkyns and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westminster Abbey is the most complex church in existence. National cathedral, coronation church, royal mausoleum, burial place of poets, resting place of the great and of the Unknown Warrior, former home of parliament, backdrop to the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales—this rich and extraordinary building unites many functions. Westminster Abbey is both an appreciation of an architectural masterpiece and an exploration of the building’s shifting meanings. We hear the voices of those who have described its forms, moods, and ceremonies, from Shakespeare and Voltaire to Dickens and Henry James; we see how rulers have made use of it, from medieval kings to modern prime ministers. In a highly original book, classicist and cultural historian Richard Jenkyns teaches us to look at this microcosm of history with new eyes.
Author : T. W. T. Tatton-Brown
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 184383037X
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Westminster Abbey written by T. W. T. Tatton-Brown and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the history, architecture and monuments of the chapel, the final, exquisite flowering of the gothic style.
Author : Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey written by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Cannadine
Publisher : Studies in British Art
ISBN 13 : 9781913107024
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Westminster Abbey written by David Cannadine and published by Studies in British Art. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and authoritative history that explores the significance of one of the most famous buildings and institutions in England Westminster Abbey was one of the most powerful churches in Catholic Christendom before transforming into a Protestant icon of British national and imperial identity. Celebrating the 750th anniversary of the consecration of the current Abbey church building, this book features engaging essays by a group of distinguished scholars that focus on different, yet often overlapping, aspects of the Abbey's history: its architecture and monuments; its Catholic monks and Protestant clergy; its place in religious and political revolutions; its relationship to the monarchy and royal court; its estates and educational endeavors; its congregations; and its tourists. Clearly written and wide-ranging in scope, this generously illustrated volume is a fascinating exploration of Westminster Abbey's thousand-year history and its meaning, significance, and impact within society both in Britain and beyond. Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in association with the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St Peter Westminster (Westminster Abbey)/Distributed by Yale University Press
Author : Jan Pacheri
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 9781847802408
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Brother William's Year written by Jan Pacheri and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated month-by-month diary of a Benedictine monk's year at Westminster Abbey in the Middle Ages, written and illustrated by Westminster Abbey's very own Head Gardener.
Author : Caroline Dakers
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787350452
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Fonthill Recovered written by Caroline Dakers and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man’s excesses. Beckford’s Abbey is only one of several important houses to be built on the estate since the early sixteenth century, all of them eventually consumed by fire or deliberately demolished, and all of them oddly forgotten by historians. Little now remains: a tower, a stable block, a kitchen range, some dressed stone, an indentation in a field. Fonthill Recovered draws on histories of art and architecture, politics and economics to explore the rich cultural history of this famous Wiltshire estate. The first half of the book traces the occupation of Fonthill from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century. Some of the owners surpassed Beckford in terms of their wealth, their collections, their political power and even, in one case, their sexual misdemeanours. They include Charles I’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the richest commoner in the nineteenth century. The second half of the book consists of essays on specific topics, filling out such crucial areas as the complex history of the designed landscape, the sources of the Beckfords’ wealth and their collections, and one essay that features the most recent appearance of the Abbey in a video game.
Author : Diana Darke
Publisher : Hurst & Company
ISBN 13 : 1787383059
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Stealing from the Saracens written by Diana Darke and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 2020 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europeans are in denial. Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, they are increasingly distancing themselves from their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But while the legacy of Islam and the Middle East is in danger of being airbrushed out of Western history, its traces can still be detected in some of Europe's most recognisable monuments, from Notre-Dame to St Paul's Cathedral. In this comprehensively illustrated book, Diana Darke sets out to redress the balance, revealing the Arab and Islamic roots of Europe's architectural heritage. She tracks the transmission of key innovations from the great capitals of Islam's early empires, Damascus and Baghdad, via Muslim Spain and Sicily into Europe. Medieval crusaders, pilgrims and merchants from Europe later encountered Arab Muslim culture in journeys to the Holy Land. In more recent centuries, that same route through modern-day Turkey connected Ottoman culture with the West, leading Sir Christopher Wren himself to believe that Gothic architecture should more rightly be called 'the Saracen style', because of its Islamic origins. Recovering this overlooked story within the West's long history of borrowing from the Islamic world, Darke sheds new light on Europe's buildings and offers rich insights into the possibilities of cultural exchange.
Author : Susan Hare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Goldsmiths' Hall in the City of London written by Susan Hare and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth Biggs
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783274956
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)
Download or read book St Stephen's College, Westminster written by Elizabeth Biggs and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First full-length account of St Stephen's Chapel, bringing out its full importance and influence throughout the Middle Ages.
Author : Pope Gregory I
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814603215
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Life and Miracles of St. Benedict written by Pope Gregory I and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 1949-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A translation of the biography written by Pope Gregory the Great, this official biography is also known as the Second Book of Dialogues. It is the earliest and thus the most valuable biography of St. Benedict.
Author : Elizabeth S. Eames
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Medieval Tiles written by Elizabeth S. Eames and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beschrijving, gebaseerd op objecten uit de collecties van het British Museum te Londen.
Author : Anthony Harvey
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9780851158792
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (587 download)
Download or read book The Funeral Effigies of Westminster Abbey written by Anthony Harvey and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westminster Abbey contains a unique and important group of effigies, some familiar, many little-known, including kings, queens, statesmen and national heroes, ranging in time from the middle ages to the early nineteenth century. They derive from a time when an effigy of the dead monarch, statesman or national hero played an important part in funeral ritual, offering a visible likeness as a focus to the ceremonial of the funeral. This richly illustrated book, which is the first substantial publication on the effigies since 1936, is both a history of the collection and of the origins and development of the funeral effigy, and a full descriptive catalogue of the twenty-one examples in the Abbey. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Charles Carleton Coffin
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780342471539
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (715 download)
Download or read book The Story of Liberty written by Charles Carleton Coffin and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Paul Binski
Publisher : Harvey Miller
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Westminster Retable written by Paul Binski and published by Harvey Miller. This book was released on 2009 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Westminster Retable was conserved at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge.
Author : Edrick Thay
Publisher : Ghost House Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781894877442
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (774 download)
Download or read book Ghost Stories of London written by Edrick Thay and published by Ghost House Pub. This book was released on 2004 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunting tales from the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Savoy Hotel, Hampton Court and more.
