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An Architectural History of Peterborough Cathedral (Clarendon Studies in the History of Art)

An Architectural History of Peterborough Cathedral (Clarendon Studies in the History of Art)
By Lisa A. Reilly

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An Architectural History of Peterborough clarifies the obscure and tangled building history of one of England's most interesting medieval monuments. Lisa Reilly demonstrates how Peterborough offers extensive information concerning both specific buildings such as Canterbury and broader issues of the period such as the process of cultural assimilation, patterns of construction, and building design as a response to liturgical needs. This study expands the traditional use of formal and archaeological analysis to include a discussion of the building's social and political context. Peterborough Cathedral is the best-preserved example of Anglo-Norman architecture, and provides an ideal case study for the period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #7222305 in Books
  • Published on: 1997-12-04
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 224 pages

Editorial Reviews

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`Reilly's book can be recommended as a solid, reliable ... study.' W. Cahn, CHOICE

`Her [Reilly] work as a whole puts into practice the sort of historical approach outlined by Marvin Trachtenberg that seeks "a critical reconstruction of the individual event of electric reinterpretation and recombination, which formed the core of the creative process". Peterborough becomes the thoughtful expression in stone, wood, and light of a complex identity that was historical, political, religious, local and universal.' Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

`impressive sensitivity to nuances of form and compostion' Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

`valuable survey of the turbulent post-Conquest period' Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

`she takes for her primary evidence the building fabric itself to win a substantially revised chronology that constitutes the book's lasting contribution' Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

About the Author
Lisa Reilly, Assistant Professor, Department of Architectural History, University of Virginia.