The Architectural History of King's College Chapel
The Architectural History of King's College Chapel

Author: Francis Woodman

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-01-27

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1000817458

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First Published in 1986 The Architectural History of King's College Chapel provides a complete picture of how and why King’s College Chapel came to be built. Francis Woodman uses the evidence both of structure and style and finance and patronage to present the organisation and mechanics of the structural campaigns spread over more than seventy years. He proposes a completely new sequence of constructions from that hitherto accepted, together with clear evidence of changes in policy concerning the intention to vault the Chapel part-way through construction. The book also contains the first complete analysis of the remarkable Tudor building accounts and their significance for the study of mediaeval architectural history. King’s College Chapel is placed within the context of the contemporary architecture in both England and France and, for the first time, English late mediaeval architecture is considered and presented as one part of a wider European movement. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of British architecture and architectural history.

Secrets of King's College Chapel
Secrets of King's College Chapel

Author: Nigel Pennick

Publisher: Aeon Books Limited

Published: 2012-02-28

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9781904658580

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Today, King's College Chapel is the iconic image of the City of Cambridge. The chapel was founded in 1446 by the mystically-inclined King Henry VI, known in his time as "the royal saint." The king gave his builders complete instructions for a magnificent chapel of cathedral dimensions, every part of which had a mystical and spiritual meaning. This "final flowering of the Great Work' was designed from the principles of sacred geometry, laid out and orientated by the ancient geomantic practice of the operative masons who built it. This book gives an historic overview of the chapel, and a summary of its construction, notable for its stunningly beautiful fan-vaulting and exceptional stained glass which still exists in its entirety. Although the chapel's original significance as a symbolic structure has been eroded over the centuries, it remains a place of wonder and reverence for countless thousands of visitors and those who watch on television the annual Christmas carol festival broadcast from there every year.

The King's College Choir Book
The King's College Choir Book

Author: Jonathan Rippon

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9781860770524

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The Choir of Kingâe(tm)s College, Cambridge, is world-famous. Through radio, television and recordings its unique sound has been heard in countless homes on every continent. When King Henry VI founded the College Chapel in 1446, the statutes provided for six clerks (singing men) and 16 choristers. Who could have foreseen that the Chapel would become one of the architectural glories; or that its Choir would be singing to many thousands of visitors each year? The text follows the activities of the Choir through a typical year, featuring the preparations for events.

King's College Chapel 1515-2015
King's College Chapel 1515-2015

Author: Jean Michel Massing

Publisher: Harvey Miller

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781909400214

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This lavishly illustrated, interdisciplinary volume encompasses many aspects of the Chapel’s history from its foundation to the present day. The essays all represent new research, with a particular emphasis on areas that have not been investigated before: Chapel furnishings and art; the architectural engineering of the building and current state of the glass; the history of the Choir and the life of the Chapel, not least in recent centuries. Essays will engage with politics, drama, music, iconoclasm and aesthetics. This will be a serious academic book, but also a visually stimulating and beautiful one. It will contain two hundred and fifty colour reproductions of images of the Chapel - prints, watercolours, oil paintings, photographs, architectural drawings, plans, maps and even postcards, reflecting the many and varied responses that the Chapel has elicited over time.

The Architectural History of King's College Chapel
The Architectural History of King's College Chapel

Author: Francis Woodman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-12-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781032408422

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First Published in 1986 The Architectural History of King's College Chapel provides a complete picture of how and why King's College Chapel came to be built. The book also contains analysis of the remarkable Tudor building accounts and their significance for the study of mediaeval architectural history.

The Night Climbers of Cambridge
The Night Climbers of Cambridge

Author: Whipplesnaith

Publisher:

Published: 2013-03

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781909349551

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First published in 1937, this title recounts the courageous (or foolhardy) nocturnal exploits of a group of students who climbed the ancient university and town buildings of Cambridge. The daring feats were recorded with prehistoric photographic paraphernalia, while the climbers tried to avoid detection by the 'minions of authority'. The result is a humorous adventure providing a glimpse into a side of Cambridge that has always been enshrouded in darkness.

A History of the Church Through Its Buildings
A History of the Church Through Its Buildings

Author: Allan Doig

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 0199575363

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Allan Doig explores the Christian Church through the lens of twelve particular churches, looking at their history, archaeology, and how the buildings changed over time in response to developing usage and beliefs.

Liturgy and Architecture
Liturgy and Architecture

Author: Allan Doig

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1351921851

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In this book Allan Doig explores the interrelationship of liturgy and architecture from the Early Church to the close of the Middle Ages, taking into account social, economic, technical, theological and artistic factors. These are crucial to a proper understanding of ecclesiastical architecture of all periods, and together their study illuminates the study of liturgy. Buildings and their archaeology are standing indices of human activity, and the whole matrix of meaning they present is highly revealing of the larger meaning of ritual performance within, and movement through, their space. The excavation of the mid-third-century church at Dura Europos in the Syrian desert, the grandeur of Constantine's Imperial basilicas, the influence of the great pilgrimage sites, and the marvels of soaring Gothic cathedrals, all come alive in a new way when the space is animated by the liturgy for which they were built. Reviewing the most recent research in the area, and moving the debate forward, this study will be useful to liturgists, clergy, theologians, art and architectural historians, and those interested in the conservation of ecclesiastical structures built for the liturgy.

Princeton
Princeton

Author: William Barksdale Maynard

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0271050853

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"Explores the architectural and cultural history of Princeton University from 1750 to the present. Includes 150 historical illustrations"--Provided by publisher.