Westminster Cathedral, a Celebration

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Westminster Cathedral, a Celebration
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Patrick Rodgers
By (author) Roy Strong
Foreword by The Duchess of Kent
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 225,Width 248
Category/GenreReligious buildings
Roman Catholicism and Roman Catholic churches
ISBN/Barcode 9780826471260
Audience
General
Illustrations 30 b&w illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publication Date 30 November 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

It is one hundred years since Westminster Cathedral was opened for public worship. Built within cheeky proximity to Westminster Abbey, it was a design and architectural specification that was, and remains, immensely ambitious. This is the story of the Cathedral since its first planning stages through to the present day. Cathedral was designed by J.F.Bentley in "early Byzantine style" and executed mainly in red brick. The principal features are the spaciousness of the nave, the massive ciborium over the high altar, the interior decoration of marble and mosaic and the doomed campanile, 284 feet high. Sir Roy Strong rhapsodises about the Cathedral's aesthetic impact on someone who finds it hard to believe in God. Patrick Rodgers attends to the detail and illuminates the readers' perception of the treasures within the building - from Eric Gill's Stations of the Cross to the Byzantine mosaics in the Lady Chapel.