Download or read book Antiquities of Westminster the old palace St Stephen s Chapel written by John Thomas Smith (Keeper of Prints in the British Museum.) and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Antiquities of the City of Westminster the Old Palace St Stephen s Chapel now the House of Commons c c Containing Two Hundred and Forty six Engravings of Topographical Objects of Which One Hundred and Twenty two No Longer Exist written by John Thomas 1766-1833 Smith and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Download or read book Antiquities of Westminster the Old Palace St Stephen s Chapel Now the House of Commons C C written by John Thomas Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Antiquities of Westminster, the Old Palace; St. Stephen's Chapel (Now the House of Commons) &C. &C: Containing Two Hundred and Forty-Six Engravings of Topographical Objects, of Which One Hundred and Twenty-Two No Longer Remain That the present work may not be thought one of these where beauty and importance have been sacrificed to the consideration of Antiquity, it may be necessary to point out on what grounds, and in what respects, the subjects here presented to View are entitled to the notice they now solicit and though it is not intended to anticipate that intelligence which it is the purpose of the ensuing pages to disclose, it is presumed enough may be said, in a very small compass, to convince the reader they merit attention. Of the antiquity of these subjects, which, on many such occasions as the present, is a point to be made out by a deduction Of circumstances, there cannot be any doubt, as they are decidedly known to be of the time of Edward III: and they consist of specimens of architectural ornaments, of most exquisite beauty in design and execution, paintings of more than com mon merit, especially considering the time when they were done; and frag ments Of painted glass, which, if inferior in point of drawing to the other paintings before mentioned, are at least valuable for the beauty and vivacity of their colours, a recommendation which has Often been known to succeed with those who were incapable of judging of any other. In stating, however, these claims to regard, it is not intended to assert that the human figure is here to be found represented with such correctness of drawing, and strict adherence to anatomical exactness and science, as was afterwards practised by those truly great men, Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Raphael, Annibal Caracci, Poussin, and others, because this would be to suppose an effect, when the only adequate cause which could have produced it, did not exist. The painters of the middle ages knew little of the form, and nothing of the mechanism, of the human body and limbs, and in those parts, therefore, they were always defective, but the faces were often drawn with great beauty and! Sweetness, and finished with the delicacy of miniatures, a circumstance much admired by many persons. These excel lences the paintings in question also possess in an eminent degree, together with the additional and singular advantage of being decided specimens of painting in oil above sixty-three years anterior to its supposed invention by John ab Eyck, in 1410, and considerably earlier than any instances known to be already published for invalidating his claim to the discovery, which has, with very great reason and success, been disputed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book St Stephen s Chapel and the Palace of Westminster written by Tim Ayers and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2024-10 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of a magnificent landmark in the history of late medieval art and architecture. As the principal royal chapel in the medieval Palace of Westminster, St Stephen's was at the centre of worship for the Plantagenets, a major collegiate foundation of a new kind for the mid-fourteenth century, and a community of national significance in the development of sacred polyphony. During the Reformation, the Chapel was converted into a meeting place for the House of Commons, which it remained for 300 years, shaping the development of British political culture. Its influence continues to be felt today in the design of the Commons chamber. Following the disastrous Palace fire of 1834, the site of the upper chapel was rebuilt as St Stephen's Hall, a gallery of national history, leading to the Central Lobby of the Houses of Parliament. This book tells the story of St Stephen's Chapel, from the thirteenth century to the present day. Sixteen chapters explain the building and its religious life, its political significance, and the antiquarian rediscovery of its former magnificence. Contributors highlight the interaction between visual and political culture; the contexts of kingship and international rivalry that informed the foundation and construction of chapel and college; the effect of medieval St Stephen's on the development of the House of Commons; the adaptation and re-use of St Mary Undercroft; and the creation of St Stephen's Hall in the 1840s. The hall would become a site of Suffragette activism in the campaign for Votes for Women, marked today by a monumental artwork New Dawn, which is the focus of the final chapter.