Gothic Ornament: Architectural Motifs from York Cathedral
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This compilation consists of 175 illustrations, selected from throughout the cathedral. Like the building of the church itself, the ornaments were executed during different eras. This collection, reproduced from a rare 18th-century volume, offers artists and graphic designers an unusual selection of authentic architectural motifs from the Middle Ages.
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Gothic Ornament - Joseph Halfpenny
Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 2005, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by J. Todd and Sons, York, England, in 1795 under the title Gothic Ornaments in the Cathedral Church of York. Plates 95 and 96 have been reproduced in color on the inside front and back covers; these plates also appear in black and white in their original positions in the book.
DOVER Pictorial Archive SERIES
This book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. You may use the designs and illustrations for graphics and crafts applications, free and without special permission, provided that you include no more than ten in the same publication or project. (For permission for additional use, please write to Permissions Department, Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y 11501.)
However, republication or reproduction of any illustration by any other graphic service, whether it be in a book or in any other design resource, is strictly prohibited.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Halfpenny, Joseph, 1748—1811.
[Gothic ornaments in the cathedral church of York]
Gothic ornament : architectural motifs from York Cathedral / Joseph Halfpenny.
p. cm.—(Dover pictorial archive series)
Unabridged republication of: Gothic ornaments in the cathedral church of York. York : J. Todd and Sons, 1795.
9780486154008
1. York Minster. 2. Decoration and ornament, Gothic—England—York. 3. Church architecture—England—York—Details. I. Title. II. Series.
NA5471.Y6H3 2005
726.5’1’0942843--dc22
2005049369
Manufactured in the United States of America
Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
INTRODUCTION.
Dedication
PLATES
INTRODUCTION.
A Careful perusal of Mr. Bentham’s History of the Church of Ely, and Mr. Murphy’s Introduction to the Gothic Architecture of the Church and Royal Monastery of Batalha, in Portugal, (now publishing in Numbers) will enable any person to obtain a competent Knowledge of the Principles of Gothic Architecture. The arrangement of Mr. Murphy’s work is most excellent, and it would be a noble Undertaking if the same method was followed in giving the Plans, Elevations, Sections, &c. of the Cathedral Church of York. Of Gothic Architecture, Sir William Chambers speaks in terms of the highest respect.
" To those usually called Gothic Architects we are indebted for the first considerable Improvements in construction ; there is a lightness in their works, an art and boldness of execution, to which the antients never arrived, and which the moderns comprehend and imitate with difficulty. England contains many magnificent examples of this Species of Architecture, equally admirable for the art with which they are built, the taste and ingenuity with which They are composed. One cannot refrain from wishing that the Gothic Structures were more considered, were better understood, and in higher estimation than they hitherto seem to have been. Would our Dilettanti, instead of importing the Gleanings of Greece, or our Antiquaries, instead