tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post3386330943761151401..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Iffley on the IsisDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-85036214440428021342020-04-03T11:10:09.466+01:002020-04-03T11:10:09.466+01:00Projections can do it - the west facade of Westmin...Projections can do it - the west facade of Westminster Abbey was memorably lit during th Lumiere festival, though of course the statues in the niches are of 20th century saints. By the way, I always wondeed whether the figures at Kilpeck Church have been retouched - I imagine the sandstone would have crumbled. Thanks for your interest. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-43934860581552461522020-04-03T09:15:50.204+01:002020-04-03T09:15:50.204+01:00I was rather shocked by the apparent glare of the ...I was rather shocked by the apparent glare of the lime washing,,but then I realised thati it is far nearer to the original concept than weathered stone , however golden. It would be glorious to see the archway restored to its intended colours, with the birds and beasts painted to resemble their living models. ( One can get some idea of how this might have been from the facades in Poitiers). <br /><br />I used to live in the Loire Valley,,where the stone is so soft that monumental buildings have to be renewed, recarved,,fairly constantly. That can be a surprise as well,,the first time you see them chiselled and sharp ( especially when restoration is being carried out, and you can compare the new with the old) but once your eye adjusts, it is wonderful to see the detail as the first sponsor intended it, there is a sort of false romanticism about crumbling ruin.....Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822683473744950811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-11703399018050687892019-04-28T12:34:12.793+01:002019-04-28T12:34:12.793+01:00It always gives me great pleasure to re-live such ...It always gives me great pleasure to re-live such excursions, so hopefully some of that is communicated. More figures to come from the two Norman doorways at Quenington, Gloucestershire, but Italy must be dealt with first.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-31125535204169513912019-04-28T02:33:39.264+01:002019-04-28T02:33:39.264+01:00What a lovely tour you’ve taken us on. I love the ...What a lovely tour you’ve taken us on. I love the variety of small figures carved in stone.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-2332793635728982182019-04-20T19:22:13.506+01:002019-04-20T19:22:13.506+01:00Silver plate seems to be a fixture of all Pevsners...Silver plate seems to be a fixture of all Pevsners. Of course I have no answer. Conversely he often misses out details like angel carvings. I like to have those volumes side by side with the Shell Guides to various counties, which may capture the essence of a place more evocatively.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-68182501118298469262019-04-20T15:42:45.264+01:002019-04-20T15:42:45.264+01:00why does Pevsner on both Oxford and Cambridge Univ...why does Pevsner on both Oxford and Cambridge Universities discuss the silver plate collections of the various colleges, including that of the smaller places such as the Jesuit college Campion Hall? What has that to do with architecture? Surely nothing at all. I only ask because you often quote Pevsner in your discussions.john grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380176903332591986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-66563975752431886892019-04-18T20:31:48.182+01:002019-04-18T20:31:48.182+01:00Serendipity, given the hyperbole...but gratifying ...Serendipity, given the hyperbole...but gratifying for you. I don't suppose the same could be said of Garrick Central Table.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-80008141513419951242019-04-18T18:12:17.445+01:002019-04-18T18:12:17.445+01:00It is said that anyone at All Souls never has to l...It is said that anyone at All Souls never has to look anything up since the world's expert on the topic would be bound to be at dinner. Visiting, I mentioned this to my host as we walked into dinner, and he pooh-poohed the idea. Yet when I was introduced via the Warden to Professor Fishbein from the States I asked if he was the co-author of Fishbein and Posner, one of the fundamental papers in my international area of concern at that time: and he was. I informed the Warden that the high reputation of his institution was intact.David Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-15623240384603851142019-04-18T08:39:51.377+01:002019-04-18T08:39:51.377+01:00Maybe those towers give it the 'most noble'...Maybe those towers give it the 'most noble' accolade - at the same time it looks forbidding and exclusive. But horses for courses, and Christ Church Cathedral has incomparable treasures (plus the college has the great picture gallery).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-14193014176354929782019-04-17T17:44:37.137+01:002019-04-17T17:44:37.137+01:00surely the noblest of Oxford colleges is All Souls...surely the noblest of Oxford colleges is All Souls, with Hawksmoor's sublime towers and the awesome Codrington Library. No pimply undergraduates admitted therein, nor smart-ass postgraduates, just world-famous research fellows, and the select group of "prize fellows", the top graduands of his/her year. No-one else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-9655013820719712422019-04-14T11:44:28.015+01:002019-04-14T11:44:28.015+01:00As I wrote, we have some sensitive restoration to ...As I wrote, we have some sensitive restoration to thank for that - the raising of the gable, the return of the oculus/rose window...but it does seem like an organic ensemble. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-79517561775468120782019-04-14T11:33:43.346+01:002019-04-14T11:33:43.346+01:00Beautiful. Don't think I have seen anything li...Beautiful. Don't think I have seen anything like that in England before. The pleasure of good proportion. So deliciously simple.Julia Matchamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-15573770223716715602019-04-13T22:47:47.593+01:002019-04-13T22:47:47.593+01:00What a lovely thing to say, Will. Why don't bo...What a lovely thing to say, Will. Why don't both of you come over again and share a jaunt or two? It makes me realise how much we have on our doorstep: Italy was wonderful as ever but this brought equal pleasure.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-45581905994322318902019-04-13T22:17:48.401+01:002019-04-13T22:17:48.401+01:00These little jaunts lift my heart and give such pl...These little jaunts lift my heart and give such pleasure.Willymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.com