The Treasures Of English Churches

Author : Matthew Byrne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781784424879

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The Treasures of English Churches by Matthew Byrne Pdf

This celebration of some of the greatest art, architecture and furniture to be found in English churches offers a fascinating account of centuries of accumulated wealth, and is set off by a selection of breathtaking photographs by Matthew Byrne. It covers changing architectural styles across the centuries, and prominent examples of artistic work, including stained glass, rood screens, church monuments and curious carvings. This book is published in association with The National Churches Trust, a national, independent charity dedicated to supporting church buildings across the UK.

Author : Simon Jenkins
Publisher : Penguin Global
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 184614664X

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England's Thousand Best Churches by Simon Jenkins Pdf

Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are prefaced by a map locating each church, and lavishly illustrated with colour photos from the Country Life archive. Jenkins contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Here, he brings that museum to public attention.

Author : John Martin Robinson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1994-03-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1856190870

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Treasures of English Parish Churches by John Martin Robinson Pdf

The author concentrates on the furnishing and works of art to be found in the churches - from Saxon times to the present - and sets them in the context of adapting religious requirements and changing aesthetic tastes, blending social history and art history.

Author : John Martin Robinson
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012361528

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Treasures of the English Churches by John Martin Robinson Pdf

The author concentrates on the furnishing and works of art to be found in English parish churches from Saxon times to the 20th century. The book consists of a fairly short narrative text and a useful gazetteer complimented by detailed photographs.

Author : John Goodall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781472917652

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Parish Church Treasures by John Goodall Pdf

An enthralling guide to the largely unrecognised treasures of England's remarkable Parish Churches, 'the supreme treasury of English vernacular art and memory'. Our parish churches constitute a living patrimony without precise European parallel. Their cultural riches are astonishing, not only for their quality and quantity, but also their diversity and interest. Fine art and architecture here combine unpredictably with the functional, the curious and the naïve, from prehistory to the present day, to form an unsung national museum which presents its contents in an everyday setting without curators or formal displays. Because church treasures usually remain in the buildings they were created for, properly interpreted they tell from thousands of local perspectives the history of the nation, its people and their changing religious observance. John Goodall's weekly series in Country Life has celebrated particular objects in or around churches that are of outstanding artistic, social or historical importance, to underline both the intrinsic interest of parish churches and the insights that they and their contents offer into English history of every period. Parish Church Treasures incorporates and significantly expands this material to tell afresh the remarkable history of the parish church. It celebrates the special character of churches as places to visit whilst providing an authoritative and up-to-date history at a time when the use and upkeep of these buildings and the care of their contents is highly contentious.

Author : Tim Tatton-Brown,John Crook
Publisher : New Holland Publishers Uk Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Church architecture
ISBN : 1843309653

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The English Church by Tim Tatton-Brown,John Crook Pdf

The English Church is a celebration of 100 of the finest churches England has to offer. From the tiny vernacular church to former cathedrals and abbeys that now operate as parish churches, this is a diverse and fascinating collection of ecclesiastic architectural treasures. More than 300 specially commissioned, full-color photographs capture the fine details and grandeur of churches, from Truro in Cornwall to Carlisle near the Scottish border.

Author : Philippe Cordez
Publisher : Harvey Miller
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1912554615

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Treasure, Memory, Nature by Philippe Cordez Pdf

This book traces the origins, economic development, and later history of church treasures, and explores the forms and function of these objects of memory and wonder.00Precious metalwork, relics, chess pieces, ostrich eggs, unicorn horns, and bones of giants were among the treasury objects accumulated in churches during the Middle Ages. The material manifestations of a Christian worldview, they would only later become naturalia and objets d?art, from the sixteenth and the nineteenth century onwards, respectively.00Philippe Cordez traces the rhetorical origination, economic development, and later history of church treasures, and explores the forms and functions of the memorial objects that constituted them. Such objects were a source of wonder for their contemporaries and remain so today, albeit for quite different reasons. Indeed, our fascination relates primarily to their epistemic and aesthetic qualities. Dealing also with these paradigm shifts, this study opens up new paths toward an archeology of current scholarly and museum practices.0Philippe Cordez is Deputy Director of the German Center for Art History in Paris.

Author : C. B. Newham
Publisher : Random House
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780141995540

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Country Church Monuments by C. B. Newham Pdf

A landmark illustrated history of rural church monuments - the forgotten national treasures of England and Wales Deep in the countryside, away from metropolitan abbeys and cathedrals, thousands of funerary monuments are hidden in parish churches. These artworks - medieval brasses and elegant marble effigies, stone tomb chests and grand mausoleums - are of great historical and cultural significance, but have, due to their relative inaccessibility, faded from accounts of our art history. Over twenty-five years, C. B. Newham FSA has visited and photographed more than eight thousand rural churches, cataloguing the monumental sculptures encountered on his quest. In Country Church Monuments, he presents 365 of the very best, each accompanied by detailed photographs, biographies of both the deceased and their sculptors and a wealth of contextual material. Many of these works commemorate famous historical figures, from scheming Tudor courtier Richard Rich to Victorian prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. But more moving are the countless others - minor aristocrats, small-time industrialists, much-loved mothers, fathers and children - who, if not for their memorials, would wholly be lost to time. As Newham blows the dust off these artworks and breathes life into the stories they tell, a new aesthetic history of rural England and Wales emerges. Country Church Monuments is a poignant record of the art we make at the borders of life and death, of our ceaseless human striving for eternity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015065137633

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Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church (earlier "for Younger Members of the English Church") by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433081739280

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The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Munro Cautley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Church architecture
ISBN : OCLC:6941230

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Suffolk Churches and Their Treasures by Henry Munro Cautley Pdf

Author : Robert Whiting
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1107460352

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The Reformation of the English Parish Church by Robert Whiting Pdf

In the sixteenth century, the people of England witnessed the physical transformation of their most valued buildings: their parish churches. This is the first ever full-scale investigation of the dramatic changes experienced by the English parish church during the English Reformation. By drawing on a wealth of documentary evidence, including court records, wills and church wardens' accounts, and by examining the material remains themselves - such as screens, fonts, paintings, monuments, windows and other artefacts - found in churches today, Robert Whiting reveals how, why and by whom these ancient buildings were transformed. He explores the reasons why Catholics revered the artefacts found in churches as well as why these objects became the subject of Protestant suspicion and hatred in subsequent years. This richly illustrated account sheds new light on the acts of destruction as well as the acts of creation that accompanied religious change over the course of the 'long' Reformation.

Author : Peter Barnet,Michael Brandt,Gerhard Lutz
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588394972

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Medieval Treasures from Hildesheim by Peter Barnet,Michael Brandt,Gerhard Lutz Pdf

"Hildesheim, Germany, was a leading center of art between 1000 and 1250, when outstanding precious works, such as the larger-than-life size Ringelheim Crucifix, illuminated manuscripts lavishly bound in jeweled covers, and a monumental bronze baptismal font, were commissioned for its churches and cathedral. In 1985, UNESCO designated St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church in Hildesheim a world cultural heritage site, recognizing them as monuments of medieval art with exceptionally rich treasures. Despite its significance, Hildesheim's incomparable collection of medieval church furnishings is little known outside of Germany. This book provides the first comprehensive examination in English of the city's treasures, its leading role in the art of the Middle Ages, and its churches' history of commissioning and collecting outstanding objects. Highlighting fifty precious and rare works, this book beautifully illustrates some of the great masterpieces of medieval church art."--Publisher's description.

Author : Legh Richmond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1811
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89097247381

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The Fathers of the English Church by Legh Richmond Pdf

Author : Andreas Stylianou,Judith Stylianou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Art
ISBN : 996356030X

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The Painted Churches of Cyprus by Andreas Stylianou,Judith Stylianou Pdf