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Article
Sir Christopher Wren’s failed project for a crossing tower and spire at Westminster Abbey, 1713–25
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 44-57
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Higgott, Gordon (Higgott, Gordon)
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1. Model of the crossing with Wren’s project for a tower and spire, from the north west, by Elizabeth Gregory (as head carpenter). 1714–16. Oak and pearwood, 240 by 116 by 85.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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10. The south-west crossing pier of Westminster Abbey, from the south-east gallery. (Photograph Lisa Stein).
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11. The easternmost bay on the north side of the nave, showing distortion of the crossing pier at the level of the aisle vaults. (Photograph the author).
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12. Plan of the tower of the model at four levels, with Wren’s proposal for strengthening the crossing piers at bottom left, by William Dickinson. c.1714. Pen and brown ink over graphite with grey wash on paper, 33.9 by 39 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.46(b)).
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13. Detail of a survey plan of a crossing pier, by William Dickinson. 1713. Pen and brown ink over graphite with black wash on paper, 20.1 by 31.7 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.24v; photograph the author).
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14. Copy of a diagram by Wren of an aisle and crossing pier, by ‘Mr Gayfere’. c.1715–c.1735. Pen and brown ink on paper, 15.2 by 9 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM 66895*).
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15. Detail of Westminster Abbey from St James’s Park, by William Lodge, printed by Pierce Tempest. 1680s. Etching, 13 by 25.5 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.46v.(d); photograph the author).
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16. Detail of a copy of Wren’s Figure II in his Tract II (1710–30), showing a pier and a half-arch, with their centres of gravity, in Christopher Wren Jr’s manuscript for Parentalia. 1741. Pen and brown ink on paper, 32.7 by 18.6 cm. (© The Royal Society, London; MS 249, fol.483).
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18. Elevation of the proposed tower and spire over a section through the crossing, by William Dickinson. Late 1722 or 1723. With notes and sketched additions by Nicholas Hawksmoor, c.1723. Grey wash over graphite, with grey and brown ink on paper, 72.8 by 21.6 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 913).
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19. Long section through the Abbey showing proposals for an octagonal dome over the crossing (with alternatives in a half-plan, top left), and the west towers, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. May 1724. Pen and brown ink with grey wash over graphite on paper, 52.2 by 107.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 910).
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2. The north prospect of Westminster Abbey, by Wenceslaus Hollar. 1654. Etching, 21.7 by 32.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Langley Coll I, i (1)).
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20. Detail of a plan of the crossing, choir and sanctuary (with north at the bottom), showing Hawksmoor’s proposal for enlarging the crossing piers, by William Dickinson. June 1724. Pen and brown ink over graphite, with brown, grey and yellow-ochre wash on paper, 49.5 by 54.6 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.24).
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21. The Abbey from the north, showing the first of three alternatives for the lantern and cupola, and a proposal for the west towers, by Nicholas Hawksmoor and Thomas Hinton. 1725–26. Pen and brown ink over grey wash and graphite on paper, 51 by 70.1 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM, Hawksmoor 4A).
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22. The west front of Westminster Abbey, showing the towers built to Hawksmoor’s design, 1735–45. (Photograph the author).
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3. Survey plan of Westminster Abbey (with north at the bottom), by James Broughton. c.1697–c.1705. Pen and brown ink shaded in black and grey wash over graphite on paper, 53.5 by 74.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 915).
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4. Sectional model of one bay of the choir and cloister, by Elizabeth Gregory (as head carpenter), 1710. Oak and pearwood, 72.9 by 83.7 by 16.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. Elevation (with alternatives) of the proposed tower and spire, with the gable of the north transept front, and attached plan, by William Dickinson. September and December 1722. Pen and brown ink over graphite, with grey and brown wash on paper, 104 by 38.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 907, 907A).
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6. Detail of the model in Fig.1, showing the vault over the crossing. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. The quire of Westminster Abbey from the west. c.1700. Canvas, 153 by 129 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WA 1775).
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8. Plan of the vault for the crossing lantern, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. 1726–27. Pen and brown ink, with yellow ochre and grey wash over graphite on paper, 47.5 by 35 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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9. The north transept front and the crossing lantern of Westminster Abbey. (Photograph the author).
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17. The north-east prospect of Beverley Minster, published by H. Overton and J. Hoole (London) and G. Feraby (Hull). c.1717. Engraving, 48.5 by 56.7 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 35, fol.2).
Book Review
Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise: Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance. By Amy R. Bloch; Il Paradiso ritrovato: Il restauro della Porta del Ghiberti. Edited by Annamaria Giusti
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 979-980
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Palozzi, Luca (Palozzi, Luca)
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3. Genesis, from the east door of the Baptistery, Florence, by Lorenzo Ghiberti. 1425–52. Gilded bronze, 79.4 by 79.4 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Article
John Osborne, the Salisbury House Porticus and the Haynes Grange Room
01/2006 | 1234 | 148
Pages: 15-24
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Guerci, Manolo (Guerci, Manolo)
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25. Elevation of a 'Porticus' intended for the south end of the garden of Salisbury House, by John Osborne. 1605-10. Pen and brown ink on three sheets of paper, each 43 by 57.2 cm.; shown mounted together, overall length 167 cm. (Hatfield House; Cecil Papers, Maps, Supplementary 89).
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26. Plan of Salisbury House, by Simon Basil. 1600-02. Pen, ink and watercolour on three sheets of paper pasted together, measuring in total 76 by 37.6 cm. (Bodleian Library, Oxford; Gough Drawings, A3 fol.80r).
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27. Specification of the Porticus, by John Osborne. 1605–10. (Public Record Office, London; State Papers, domestic, 14/57, fols.70–74).
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29. Letter written by John Osborne to Robert Cecil, 6th December 1601. (Hatfield House; MSS, Cecil Papers 89/155).
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30. Reconstructed plan and elevation of the porticus.
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31. Longitudinal section of Salisbury House based on the plans by Simon Basil of 1600–02 with the reconstruction of the side elevation of the Porticus at the south end of the garden.
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32. Reconstruction of the side elevation of the Porticus.
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33. Detail of capital of the lower order and base of the upper order of the Porticus.
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34. Detail of the base of the lower order of the Porticus.
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35. Corinthian portico identified as the Athenian Bouleterion, reconstructed elevation from S. Serlio: L'archittetura (Book III, 1540).
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36. Drawing for a Corinthian portico, by Hans Vredeman de Vries. (From H. Vredeman de Vries: Variae Architecturae Formae, Antwerp 1601).
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38. Measured drawing of the side wall with chimneypiece of the Haynes Grange Room. (From H. Clifford Smith: The Haynes Grange Room, London 1935, pl.III).
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Detail of scale sheet between the two folios of Fig.27.
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37. The Haynes Grange room, showing the woodwork as erected at 13 Lansdowne Road, Holland Park, London, in 1914. (Photograph from Architectural Review 35 (February 1914), pl.IX).
Book Review
Vitruvio ferrarese de architectura [and: Vitruvius. Ten Books on Architecture. The Corsini Incunabulum with the annotations and autograph drawings of Giovanni Battista da Sangallo]
08/2005 | 1229 | 147
Pages: 558-559
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Fairbairn, Lynda (Fairbairn, Lynda)
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Vitruvio ferrarese de architectura. | editor: Sgarbi, Claudio
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Vitruvius. Ten Books on Architecture. The Corsini Incunabulum with the annotations and autograph drawings of Giovanni Battista da Sangallo. | editor: Rowland, Ingrid D.
Book Review
Vitruvius, Ten Books on Architecture
08/2000 | 1169 | 142
Pages: 502
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Campbell, Ian (I. C.) (Campbell, Ian (I. C.))
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Vitruvius, Ten Books on Architecture | author: Howe, Thomas Noble , author: Rowland, Ingrid D.
Publication Received
Volgarizzamento dei libri IX (capitolo 7 e 8) e X di Vitruvio, De Architectura, secondo il manoscritto 9/2790 Seccion de Cortes della Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid
02/1997 | 1127 | 139
Pages: 128-129
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Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
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Volgarizzamento dei libri IX (capitolo 7 e 8) e X di Vitruvio, De Architectura, secondo il manoscritto 9/2790 Seccion de Cortes della Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid | author: Agosti, Barbara , author: Cesariano, Cesare
Short Notice
A 'Flagellation' by Bernardo Zenale in Prague
07/1990 | 1048 | 132
Pages: 492-494
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Pujmanová, Olga (Pujmanová, Olga)
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44. Mocking of Christ, by Bernardo Zenale. 131.5 by 101.5 cm. (Borromeo Collection, Isola Bella).
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45. Flagellation, by Bernardo Zenale. (Private Collection, Bergamo).
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46. Flagellation, by Bernardo Zenale. 68.5 by 50 cm. (National Gallery, Prague).
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47. Tetrastyle Courtyard, from Cesare Cesariano's Edition of Vitruvius, Como, 1521, Bk. VI, ch.3.
Article
John Wood's System of Architecture
02/1989 | 1031 | 131
Pages: 101-107
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Harris, Eileen (Harris, Eileen)
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27. Plan of the Temple of Solomon. The Origin of Building (1741), pl.24-25.
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28. Plan of the Tabernacle of Moses, 'An Altar at the Foot of Mount Sinai, Together with Twelve Pillars, According to the Twelve Tribes of Israel'. The Origin of Building (1741), pl.1.
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29. The Façade of Casa Zuccari, Florence. An Example of Capricious Mannerism, to Be Avoided. The Origin of Building (1741), pl.4.
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30. Elevation of a 'Cottage' by John Wood, 'Composed of Twelve Pillars, Sustaining a Pyramidal Roof', in the Manner of the Tomb of Zachariah and Ultimately Derived from the Tabernacle. The Origin of Building (1741), pl.9.
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31. King Bladud by William Hoare of Bath, Engraved by Bernard Baron. Essay Towards A Description of Bath (1749).
Publication Received
I dieci libri dell'architettura di Vitruvio tradotti e commentati da Daniele Barbaro
02/1989 | 1031 | 131
Pages: 161
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Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
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I dieci libri dell'architettura di Vitruvio tradotti e commentati da Daniele Barbaro | author: Morresi, Manuela , author: Tafuri, Manfredo
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