The construction of the west doorway of Rochester cathedral

Author

Baxter, Ron

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

Medieval art, architecture and archaeology at Rochester

Author (monograph)

Ayers, Tim (Editor, Collective Author); Tatton-Brown, Tim (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Medieval art, architecture and archaeology at Rochester. 2006, 85-96, 10 ill.

Publisher

British Archaeological Association and Maney, Leeds (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

The west doorway of Rochester cathedral has generally been considered to be a curiously English mixture of French styles, combining the radiating voussoirs and many of the motifs of Aquitainian portals with the Christ in Majesty iconography and column figures of the Île-de-France. Earlier studies have concentrated on stylistic features of the carving, but an examination of its structure reveals that an elaborate composition of the 1140s was deliberately modified some 20 years later in response to avant-garde changes in French portal design.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Architecture and excavations -- United Kingdom
• Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary (cathedral)||Rochester (Kent, GBR)
• Architecture
• Sculpture
• Portals
• Great Britain
• 1100-1200
• France

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Architecture et fouilles -- Royaume-Uni
• Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary (cathédrale)||Rochester (Kent, GBR)
• Architecture
• Sculpture
• Portail
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1100-1200
• France

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00024222

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