Hawksmoor’s London Churches: Architecture and Theology
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780226173016
Description: Six remarkable churches built by Nicholas Hawksmoor from 1712 to 1731 still stand in London. In this book, architectural historian Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey examines these designs as a coherent whole—a single masterpiece reflecting both Hawksmoor's design principles and his desire to reconnect, architecturally, with the "purest days of Christianity."
Table of contents: title: List of Illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Prologue; title: List of Abbreviations; title: 1. Wren, Hawksmoor, and the Wonders of the World; title: 2. Hawksmoor and the Divines; title: 3. Hawksmoor’s Aspiring Steeples; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix 1. Chronological List of Representations of the Temple of Jerusalem in the English Language, 1627-1741; title: Appendix 2. Sir Christopher Wren’s Letter of Recommendations to a Friend on the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches; title: Appendix 3. George Hickes’s Observations on John Vanbrugh’s Proposals about Building the Fifty New Churches; title: Appendix 4. Rules for the Fifty New Churches Set Down by the Commissioners and Their Subcommittee; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index