The Book
This book explains and celebrates the richness of English churches and cathedrals, which have a major place in medieval architecture. The English Gothic style developed somewhat later than in France, but rapidly developed its own architectural and ornamental codes. The author, John Shannon Hendrix, classifies English Gothic architecture in four principal stages: the Early English Gothic, the Decorated, the Curvilinear, and the Perpendicular Gothic.
Several photographs of these architectural testimonies allow us to understand the whole originality of Britain during the Gothic era: in Canterbury, Wells, Lincoln, York, and Salisbury. The English Gothic architecture is a poetic one, speaking both to the senses and spirit.
The Author
John Shannon Hendrix is a professor of art and architectural history. He teaches at the University of Lincoln in the UK and at Roger Williams University in the US. He previously taught at the Rhode Island School of Design. He has written books on architecture, aesthetics, philosophy, and psychoanalysis, such as Architecture as Cosmology: Lincoln Cathedral and English Gothic Architecture, published in 2011.
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