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Wells, Glastonbury And Cleeve


en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 oct 2008
PREFACE THE series of volumes devoted to cathedrals, abbeys and famous churches to which this belongs has been produced on a plan which is somewhat novel. The writers have been ercouraged to emphasise as far as possible the personal aspect of the buildings described, in order that those who visit them with the books as their guides may understand the human element behind the great arcitectural achievements. Not only has space been given to builders and benefactors, hut biographical references are made to those who are buried within the curches. In this way the human equation is sufficiently prominent for those who are not well acquainted with architectural matters to become interested in the structures, quite apart from whether the style is appealing to their several tastes or whether they had previously felt any curiosity as to how or when changes took place in the vast buildings which resulted from their aims. Architectural description has been restricted to salient features, and where details are discussed it is because of their special interest. Mouldings and ornament generally are not described in detail, and ordinary features such as piscinz, aumbries, stoups and so on, which tend to make a book a mere inventory of church furniture, are as a rule ignored unless they are of particular interest. It has been my object to illustrate the books with- out relying on any of the familiar series of professional photographs which, as a rule, give the least attractive aspects of the cathedrals, missing the effects of strong shadow and picturesque lighting, and the particularly pleasing glimpses obtained from aisles and the less-hackneyed view-points. I therefore visited the buildings described in this volume in September last, and with camera and sketch-book obtained the materials for the illustrations...
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ISBN-13: 9781443758871
ISBN-10: 1443758876
Pagini: 228
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 216 x 140 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: GLEED PR