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The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture: Set Forth in Two Lectures Delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

A. Welby Pugin

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9780265588680: The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture: Set Forth in Two Lectures Delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott (Classic Reprint)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0265588685 ISBN 13: 9780265588680
Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover the core ideas behind pointed and Christian architecture and why they shape grand spaces.

This concise volume presents A. Welby Pugin’s view on how architecture should marry construction, ornament, and propriety. It contrasts stone-built pointed churches with pagan precedents and explains why buttresses, groining, and vaulting matter for strength, light, and beauty. The discussion emphasizes durable stone ceilings, the role of ribs and intersections, and the way decorative features can reinforce rather than hide structural purpose.

Readers will gain clear arguments about the practical and aesthetic choices that define this architectural tradition, from the use of flying buttresses to the sculptural value of pinnacles and tracery. It offers accessible rationales for design decisions that affect both the form and function of great churches.

  • How buttresses and flying arches support lofty walls and distribute weight.
  • The differences between pointed and classic architecture in construction and decoration.
  • How groining, vaulting, and rib patterns contribute to safety, acoustics, and light.
  • Historical comparisons that illuminate the development of Christian architectural style.

Ideal for students and enthusiasts of architectural history, restoration, and ecclesiastical design.

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Book Description

Among the most influential figures of the Gothic Revival in nineteenth-century Britain, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) distinguished himself as an architect, author and interior designer. His well-illustrated 1841 publication on ecclesiastical design is reissued here with his Apology for the Revival of Christian Architecture in England (1843).

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Publisher
Forgotten Books
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0265588685
ISBN 13 
9780265588680
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
156
Rating
  • 4.06 out of 5 stars
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