Hawksmoor's London Churches: Architecture and Theology - Hardcover

Du Prey, Pierre De La Ruffinière

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226173011 ISBN 13: 9780226173016

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2000

Synopsis

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."

About this title

About the Author:

Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey is a professor in the Department of Art at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the author of several books, most recentlyThe Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity.

Review:

"Du Prey's well-argued book enhances our understanding of Hawksmoor's design processes, and sheds light into the murky corners of early 18th-century theological and political concerns. This latest book adds lustre to an engaging writer's reputation."--James Stevens Curl, Building Design
(James Stevens Curl Building Design)

"The close study of Nicholas Hawksmoor's churches in London extends du Prey's fascination with the legacy, appropriation, and adaption of classical principles and motifs in the evolving pattern of architectural representation. . . . The resulting book is a fascinating reconstruction of the social networks and cultural resources upon which Hawksmoor drew in designing his remarkable churches, enriched by intelligent analysis of the architectural fabric."
(Choice)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0226173011
• ISBN 13: 9780226173016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200