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Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles

Autor Andrew Ziminski
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 oct 2024
Churches are many things to us - they are places of worship, vibrant community hubs and oases of calm reflection. To know a church is to hold a key to the past that unlocks an understanding of our shared history.Andrew Ziminski has spent decades as a stonemason and church conservator, acting as an informal guide to curious visitors. Church Going is his handbook to the medieval churches of the British Isles, in which he reveals their fascinating histories, features and furnishings, from flying buttresses to rood screens, lichgates to chancels. Beautifully written and richly illustrated, it is a celebration of British architectural history.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781800818682
ISBN-10: 1800818688
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 100 integrated b/w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 162 x 238 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Andrew Ziminski is a stonemason, church conservator and author living and working in Frome, Somerset. He has four decades of experience working on some of the greatest cathedrals and churches in Britain, including the tower of Salisbury Cathedral and the dome of St Paul's in London. He is a SPAB William Morris Craft Fellow, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and conservation advisor to the Salisbury Diocesan advisory committee for the care of churches. He is the author of The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain.

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Praise for The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain
Thoughtful, observant and well-informed, as much at ease with words and emotions as with the stone he works with
Delicate as the threads that tie us to the past can seem, thanks to work like Ziminski's, both as mason and as author, we can hope they will remain unbroken
Ziminski is one of those lucky souls with rural X-ray spectacles. He looks at the countryside and sees a series of historical slides going back over several millennia ... what a magician!
The author's eagerness to experience the past physically sets him apart from drier academic historians ... Ziminski's writing is vividly evocative and craftsmanlike ... it's a fascinating book and a wise one
A wonderful behind-the-scenes history, where time works on a different scale and stone is a living, breathing entity ... by a master craftsman whose expertise connects him to the generations that came before him
There are few reading pleasures that compare with a passionate expert describing their work, and Ziminski stands proudly in this field ... remarkable
This is a compelling book ... it is rooted in the making of England and is a magical read