The Splendor of English Gothic Architecture

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781780428918

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.