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This comprehensive overview provides the first detailed account of the phenomenon of the Arts & Crafts church, examining nearly 200 of the finest examples, mostly built between 1884 and 1918 in England, Scotland and Wales. Arts & Crafts studies tend to focus on houses and furniture: churches...
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Lund Humphries,
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| Publisher Address: | London, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This comprehensive overview provides the first detailed account of the phenomenon of the Arts & Crafts church, examining nearly 200 of the finest examples, mostly built between 1884 and 1918 in England, Scotland and Wales. Arts & Crafts studies tend to focus on houses and furniture: churches were no longer central to architects' practice. A handful of well-known churches have been written about extensively - WR Lethaby's Brockhampton, John Dando Sedding's Sloane Street, Philip Webb's Brampton, Great Warley, Roker, Mackintosh's Queen's Cross. But these famous examples obscure the existence of scores of churches that express Arts & Crafts ideas every bit as vividly. And they are rarely set alongside each other, nor seen within the wider context of not only how they were built, but why: what was going on in society? These churches are visually arresting, with often quaint, at times far-fetched and capricious exteriors. Internally, they often contain beautiful elements, including reredoses, pulpits, lecterns, pews, doors, lighting, stained glass and altars. They also tell a fascinating story about religion as Britain entered the age of modernity. While the architects were often religiously sceptical, they were still committed to making beauty, despite their ambivalence about its higher purpose. |
| Carrier Form: | 352 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781848223219 (hardcover) : 1848223218 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | NA5461 |
| CLC: | TU252-095.61 |
| Call Number: | TU252-095.61/H217 |
| Contents: |
I. The context -- Introduction : what is an 'Arts & Crafts church'? -- Arts & Crafts churches in context : architecture as art -- Arts & Crafts churches in context : religion -- Arts & Crafts churches in context : society -- II. The gazetteer -- Exceptions and exclusions -- Pre-cursor churches -- Demolished or threatened churches -- Other architects. |