English Parish Churches as Works of Art

by Alec Clifton - Taylor (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1974

  $3.51

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $3.51

  This portrait of the parish church, written by the architectural author and presenter of the BBC TV series Six English Towns , emphasizes the character and aesthetic value of the English church rather than its historical evolution, and features interiors, decorations and furnishings. Alec Clifton-Taylor discusses at length the treatment which old churches were given by the Victorians and explains what he feels is most worth looking for and why. There is a section in which the character of each county's churches is defined, and the book concludes with a list of the churches the author feels are best worth a visit from an artistic standpoint. Alec Clifton-Taylor also wrote The Pattern of English Building .