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

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265731399 ISBN 13: 9780265731390

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Master the true principles of pointed architecture and learn to judge buildings by practical design and enduring beauty.

This concise, two-lecture work explains how to test architectural excellence using the central rules of design: avoid unnecessary features and let ornament arise from construction. It compares pointed architecture with classical styles, showing why stone and timber demand different methods and how brilliant medieval builders solved structural challenges with elegant solutions.

• Learn how buttresses and flying buttresses distribute forces and create light and shade.
• See how timber roofs and carved beams turn construction into decoration, with examples from English churches and great halls.
• Understand common mistakes in modern restorations, from closed groining to overworked gables and misleading echoes of older styles.
• Discover why scale in pointed architecture multiplies details instead of simply enlarging them, producing a unified, dramatic effect.

Ideal for readers interested in architectural history, restoration, and the practical craft of building in the medieval Christian tradition.

About this title

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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265731399
• ISBN 13: 9780265731390
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 100