Inigo Jones's site organization at St. Paul's Cathedral : "ponderous masses beheld hanging in the air"

Author

Hart, Vaughan

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 1994, Num. 4, Vol. 53, 414-427, 10 ill.

ISSN

0037-9808

Abstract (en)

Describes the site organization at S. Paul's cathedral, London, where in the 1630s Jones undertook the task of refacing the Gothic structure. Notes that practical site constraints influenced Jones's design at least as much as theoretical objectives; throws light on Jones's relationship with his assistant, John Webb, who oversaw much of the day-to-day work, and illustrates Jones's use of craftsmen to make and amend models in perfecting his designs on-site. Studies the accounts in order to reinterpret surviving drawings and contemporary views.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- United Kingdom
• Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652
• Architecture
• Great Britain
• 1600-1700
• Old S. Paul's (cathedral)||London (GBR)
• Webb, John, 1611-1672
• Churches

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Royaume-Uni
• Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652
• Architecture
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1600-1700
• Old S. Paul's (cathédrale)||London (GBR)
• Webb, John, 1611-1672
• Eglise [édifice]

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00312923

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