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English Victorian Churches Architecture, Faith, & Revival

Curl, James Stevens
Innbundet / 2022 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781739822934
Publisert
2022-10-03
Utgiver
John Hudson Publishing
Vekt
880 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
189 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Curl, James Stevens

Biografisk notat

Professor JAMES STEVENS CURL has an international reputation as an architectural historian whose publications span Classical, Georgian and Victorian architecture, and with Susan Wilson he wrote the Oxford Dictionary of Architecture, published by Oxford University Press in 2016. His Making Dystopia; The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism (OUP, 2018) is a combative critique of the Modernist movement and, while controversial, asks questions about our urban landscapes to which answers are long overdue.

English Victorian Churches Architecture, Faith, & Revival

Curl, James Stevens
Innbundet / 2022 / Engelsk
Curl, James Stevens
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Beautifully illustrated study that makes a valuable contribution to the recognition of Catholic churches.

- Elena Curti, THE TABLET

[The book] can be read as a work of scholarship; one that spans two distinct but related disciplines, namely Victorian church architecture and nineteenth-century ecclesiology. As an authoritative survey and critique of the finest examples of nineteenth-century English church building, it would be difficult to better.

- Graham Cunningham, Journal of Victorian Culture

A very full and eloquent guide ... The architectural theories are clearly set in the developing ideas-aesthetic and ecclesiastical-of the time.

- Selby Whittingham, THE JACKDAW

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Illustrated with large numbers of excellent colour images, it sets churches of the period in historical context and crosses the denominational divides that so often obscure an overall understanding of what was going on. It is a timely reminder of the extraordinary riches of English church buildings.

- John Goodall, COUNTRY LIFE

We should be grateful that Professor Curl and John Hudson Publishing have produced such an attractive book between them.

- Michael Hodges, Catholic Herald

Curl has produced the best study to date of Victorian church architecture and has been well served by his publisher: the book is a model of clear and elegant design, well served by a high standard of production.

- Kenneth Powell, New Directions

Curl is as expert in dealing with the doctrinal traditions......
Curl's knowledge is breath-taking....
Curl has strong views and doesn't pull punches....

- Bernard Richards, Oxford Magazine

This is an enriching read, replete with a full glossary (including pocket essays on "Gothic" and "Gothic Revival") and excellent illustrations. It's worth singling out the physical qualities of this book, too. In an age in which limp and drear print-on-demand books become ever more common, this carefully designed and well-made volume is a pleasure.

- Roger Bowdler, The Critic

the book is a magnificent sweep of the history of one of the great ages of church-building

- Jeremy Musson, ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY

Victorian churches were often of high quality, reflecting in physical terms the intense theological debates of the time. This highly-illustrated book by a leading authority describes many of the finest examples. Many churches were built in England during the reign of Queen Victoria: most were in various varieties of Gothic Revival. Often exquisitely furnished, they were visible expressions of the presence and importance of religion at the time. Their architectural qualities reflected aspirations of clergy, laity, and individual benefactors. The finest were the results of passionate commitment to an architecture soundly based on scholarly studies known as Ecclesiology. James Stevens Curl places English churches of the period in their complex social and denominational settings, giving comprehensive accounts of the religious atmosphere and controversies of the times. He charts the progress and development of the Gothic Revival, explains differences in the architecture of various denominations, outlines the influences of the chief protagonists involved, and describes the demands made on craftsmen and industry to produce the materials, furnishings, and fittings necessary in making some of the finest buildings ever created in England. He reveals something of the individuals and events that shaped the religious climate of the epoch, while specially commissioned illustrations reveal the rich variety found in Victorian churches.
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Victorian churches were often of high quality, reflecting in physical terms the intense theological debates of the time. This highly-illustrated book by a leading authority describes many of the finest examples.
Les mer
Preface and acknowledgements Foreword - Rev Barry A Orford 1 - An Introduction to Denominations and Victorian Churches 2 - Architecture, Antiquarianism, and Styles 3 - The Religious Atmosphere in the 1830s and 1840s 4 - Recusants, Goths, Converts, Ultramontanes, and Controversies 5 - The Anglican Revival 6 - The Search for an Ideal 7 - Church Architecture of the 1850s, 1860s, and early 1870s 8 - The Late-Victorian Anglican Church in Several Manifestations 9 - Non-Anglican Buildings for Religious Observance 10 - Epilogue Bibliography Index
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Beautifully illustrated study that makes a valuable contribution to the recognition of Catholic churches.

- Elena Curti, THE TABLET

[The book] can be read as a work of scholarship; one that spans two distinct but related disciplines, namely Victorian church architecture and nineteenth-century ecclesiology. As an authoritative survey and critique of the finest examples of nineteenth-century English church building, it would be difficult to better.

- Graham Cunningham, Journal of Victorian Culture

A very full and eloquent guide ... The architectural theories are clearly set in the developing ideas-aesthetic and ecclesiastical-of the time.

- Selby Whittingham, THE JACKDAW

Se alle

Illustrated with large numbers of excellent colour images, it sets churches of the period in historical context and crosses the denominational divides that so often obscure an overall understanding of what was going on. It is a timely reminder of the extraordinary riches of English church buildings.

- John Goodall, COUNTRY LIFE

We should be grateful that Professor Curl and John Hudson Publishing have produced such an attractive book between them.

- Michael Hodges, Catholic Herald

Curl has produced the best study to date of Victorian church architecture and has been well served by his publisher: the book is a model of clear and elegant design, well served by a high standard of production.

- Kenneth Powell, New Directions

Curl is as expert in dealing with the doctrinal traditions......
Curl's knowledge is breath-taking....
Curl has strong views and doesn't pull punches....

- Bernard Richards, Oxford Magazine

This is an enriching read, replete with a full glossary (including pocket essays on "Gothic" and "Gothic Revival") and excellent illustrations. It's worth singling out the physical qualities of this book, too. In an age in which limp and drear print-on-demand books become ever more common, this carefully designed and well-made volume is a pleasure.

- Roger Bowdler, The Critic

the book is a magnificent sweep of the history of one of the great ages of church-building

- Jeremy Musson, ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY

Victorian churches were often of high quality, reflecting in physical terms the intense theological debates of the time. This highly-illustrated book by a leading authority describes many of the finest examples. Many churches were built in England during the reign of Queen Victoria: most were in various varieties of Gothic Revival. Often exquisitely furnished, they were visible expressions of the presence and importance of religion at the time. Their architectural qualities reflected aspirations of clergy, laity, and individual benefactors. The finest were the results of passionate commitment to an architecture soundly based on scholarly studies known as Ecclesiology. James Stevens Curl places English churches of the period in their complex social and denominational settings, giving comprehensive accounts of the religious atmosphere and controversies of the times. He charts the progress and development of the Gothic Revival, explains differences in the architecture of various denominations, outlines the influences of the chief protagonists involved, and describes the demands made on craftsmen and industry to produce the materials, furnishings, and fittings necessary in making some of the finest buildings ever created in England. He reveals something of the individuals and events that shaped the religious climate of the epoch, while specially commissioned illustrations reveal the rich variety found in Victorian churches.
Les mer
Victorian churches were often of high quality, reflecting in physical terms the intense theological debates of the time. This highly-illustrated book by a leading authority describes many of the finest examples.
Les mer
Preface and acknowledgements Foreword - Rev Barry A Orford 1 - An Introduction to Denominations and Victorian Churches 2 - Architecture, Antiquarianism, and Styles 3 - The Religious Atmosphere in the 1830s and 1840s 4 - Recusants, Goths, Converts, Ultramontanes, and Controversies 5 - The Anglican Revival 6 - The Search for an Ideal 7 - Church Architecture of the 1850s, 1860s, and early 1870s 8 - The Late-Victorian Anglican Church in Several Manifestations 9 - Non-Anglican Buildings for Religious Observance 10 - Epilogue Bibliography Index
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781739822934
Publisert
2022-10-03
Utgiver
John Hudson Publishing
Vekt
880 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
189 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Curl, James Stevens

Biografisk notat

Professor JAMES STEVENS CURL has an international reputation as an architectural historian whose publications span Classical, Georgian and Victorian architecture, and with Susan Wilson he wrote the Oxford Dictionary of Architecture, published by Oxford University Press in 2016. His Making Dystopia; The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism (OUP, 2018) is a combative critique of the Modernist movement and, while controversial, asks questions about our urban landscapes to which answers are long overdue.

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