The Chapel of Princeton University (eBook)

Richard Stillwell (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
160 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21165-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The classic guide to one of America's architectural treasures-now with magnificent new color photos and a foreword by Princeton's dean of religious lifeLike the medieval English cathedrals that inspired it, the Princeton University Chapel is an architectural achievement designed to evoke wonder, awe, and reflection. Richard Stillwell's The Chapel of Princeton University is the essential illustrated guide to this magnificent architectural and cultural landmark.Now with new color photos throughout, The Chapel of Princeton University traces the history of the chapel and describes its architecture, sculpture, woodwork, and furnishings. Stillwell knew the building from its planning stages through its construction, dedication, and long use. In this book, he offers unique insights into the vision of architect Ralph Adams Cram and the artistry of Charles J. Connick, who designed the chapel's breathtaking cycle of stained-glass windows. Stillwell's thoroughly researched account of the glorious stone, wood, and glasswork gives readers and visitors an opportunity to enjoy the chapel as both an aesthetically beautiful structure and a moving religious statement. Stillwell reveals how the building's composition is meant to provide spiritual access to as many seekers as possible and instill in them an extraordinary message of hope.Featuring a foreword by Alison Boden, Princeton's dean of religious life, The Chapel of Princeton University is a guided tour of an inspiring structure that has served as the spiritual home to one of America's leading universities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.8.2020
• Vorwort: Alison Boden
• Zusatzinfo: 29 color + 10 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: academic chapels • Accolon • Ahab • aisle • American colleges • Aminadab • Apse • Architectural History • Barrel vault • Bathsheba • Beatrice Portinari • Beelzebub • blood of Christ • Book of Common Prayer • Books of Kings • Bunyan • buttress • campus tours • cardinal virtues • Chancel • Chapel perilous • chivalry • Christianity • Churches • Church Fathers • Ciacco • clerestory • Coat of Arms • coffee-table books • college tours • Collegiate Gothic • Corbel • crown of thorns • Cushion • Dante • Dante Alighieri • Dante’s Divine Comedy • Divine Comedy • divine mercy • Eunoe • Exeter Cathedral • Farinata degli Uberti • fig leaf • Gift Books • Gluttony • God • Guinevere • Hellawes (sorceress) • Holy Spirit (Christianity) • holy week • humility • Hypostatic union • incorruptibility • Invidia • John Bunyan • John Milton • Joseph Henry House • Judgment of Solomon • Kenneth • La Divina Commedia • Lancelot • Lawrenceville School • lectern • Lecture • Le Morte d'Arthur • Le Morte d’Arthur • Lintel • Malory • Malory’s Death of Arthur • Mammon • Matthew 25 • Michael Scot • Milton • Milton’s Paradise Lost • Molding (decorative) • Mordred • Morgan Le Fay • narthex • National landmarks • Nave • necromancy • Nimue (Once Upon a Time) • Old Testament • Parable of the Good Samaritan • Paradise Lost • parapet • Poetry • Pope Anastasius II • Pope Clement IV • Princeton alumni • Princeton University • Princeton University Chapel • Psalms • quatrefoil • Ralph Adams Cram • Religious Architecture • Religious Community • Righteousness • Roger Bacon • Sacristy • Sainte-Chapelle • Shamgar • sir ector • Sir Galahad (poem) • Sir Kay • Sir Thomas Malory • Slough of Despond • sordello • Temptation of Christ • The Creation of Adam • The Death of Arthur • The Earthly Paradise • Theology • The Pilgrim’s Progress • The Tables of the Law • Thomas Aquinas • town and gown • tracery • Transept • Triforium • university chapels • Vault (architecture) • Vestibule (architecture) • Virgil • Virtuous pagan • white magic • Zacchaeus
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21165-5 / 0691211655
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21165-7 / 9780691211657