http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerymenu en ericbb@evolvingbeauty.com Copyright 2006 2006-05-02T20:04:49+00:00 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-0655_eb3_st2 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-0655_eb3_st2#When:13:24:44Z These bell pulls are attached to small bells for calls to worship, but further above, in the tower proper, are the real thing. The South Tower at Wells holds a peal of ten bells (1757-1964). These are the heaviest ring of ten bells in the world, with a tenor bell that weighs 6,272 pounds (2,845 kg). They are hung for full circle ringing in the English style. Architecture, Religious, Symmetry in Stone, 2010-07-23T13:24:44+00:00 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-3025_eb12_st2 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-3025_eb12_st2#When:15:59:43Z While the choir of Gloucester Cathedral is renowned for its Perpendicular rebuilding (1337-50), it was the vaulting, particularly under the tower, where the transept and nave crossed, that really caught my eye. In contrast to many of the other cathedrals, this ceiling has yet to be cleaned and restored, and is stained from oil and coal from days gone by - but the grace and elegance of the architecture shines just as brightly. Architecture, Religious, Symmetry in Stone, 2010-07-02T15:59:43+00:00 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2965_eb18_st3 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2965_eb18_st3#When:15:57:09Z The cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral were built between 1351 and 1412, and are one of the earliest examples of fan-tracery in all of England. Much of the stonework of the cloisters is overlaid upon earlier Norman walls from two hundred years earlier. The dramatically wide angle of this image gives some sense of the beauty of these magnificent halls. Architecture, Religious, Symmetry in Stone, 2010-07-02T15:57:09+00:00 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2864_eb9 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2864_eb9#When:15:56:44Z For the most part, the quire of Hereford Cathedral remains unchanged from its original Norman design (1079-1148). Only the ceiling, the clerestory and early English Windows above the altar, and the pillar beyond the far archway, are of a later design. I have always loved the solidity of Norman architecture, and there was no other cathedral in which I felt this more than in Hereford, seeing the massive columns supporting the curved arches. Architecture, Religious, Symmetry in Stone, 2010-07-02T15:56:44+00:00 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2792_eb8 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2792_eb8#When:15:54:26Z The beautiful nave arcade (the bottom row of arches) in Hereford Cathedral was originally constructed between 1102 and 1115, and is almost all that is left of the original Norman church. The upper arches (the clerestory) were added in the middle of the 13th century, when the building was renovated extensively. All of these elements blend beautifully with the modern crown of thorns suspended below the central tower. Architecture, Religious, Symmetry in Stone, 2010-07-02T15:54:26+00:00 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2737_eb32_st4 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2737_eb32_st4#When:15:51:33Z The desire to photograph the painted ceiling above the quire in Tewkesbury was the greatest single inspiration for the images created for Symmetry in Stone. I’d seen images of the vaulting, but none that did full justice to what was hinted at in the photographs. Through advanced camera and processing techniques. I managed to create an image of the entire ceiling, focusing on the beautiful painted vaulting, while still paying homage to the wonderful sweep of stained glass windows that supports it. Architecture, Religious, Symmetry in Stone, 2010-07-01T15:51:33+00:00 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2680_eb8 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2680_eb8#When:15:49:52Z The nave of Tewkesbury maintains the simple, massive Norman piers and arches from the original building. The vaulted roof partially conceals the clerestory windows, and gives the entire nave a low, heavy feel. Before the 13th century clerestory and arches were added, a flat paneled ceiling would have crossed from above the arches, even more dramatically dwarfing the scale of the nave below. In the 19th century the vaulting was whitewashed, but it has recently been restored to its original painted and gilded state. Architecture, Religious, Symmetry in Stone, 2010-07-01T15:49:52+00:00 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2554_eb12_st2 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2554_eb12_st2#When:15:47:05Z The vaulting above the choir and altar in Worcester Cathedral was a dramatic contrast to the bare stone above the nave.  Built in an early English style very similar to Salisbury, the painted ceiling has been cleaned and restored, and is a wonderful companion to the five narrow windows at the eastern end of the cathedral. Architecture, Religious, Symmetry in Stone, 2010-07-01T15:47:05+00:00 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2506_eb9 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2506_eb9#When:15:45:14Z Of all the buildings I photographed for Symmetry in Stone, Worcester Cathedral was the one that provided the most inspiring sense of space. Where the transept and nave crossed, there was such a wonderful expanse of floor it was awe-inspiring. While making this image, I was offered a special tour of the tour (the verger was a keen photographer), but sadly my schedule didn’t permit me to take him up on his offer. Architecture, Religious, Symmetry in Stone, 2010-07-01T15:45:14+00:00 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2375_eb4 http://evolvingbeauty.com/index.php/gallerypost/di-10-uk-2375_eb4#When:15:43:10Z George Edmund Street rebuilt the Nave of Bristol Cathedral in the 19th century, but rather than imitating the unique medieval pattern, he simply kept the delicate proportions of the ribs and mouldings and created a conservative vault ending in a Rose Widow. The window is uncommon in English architecture Architecture, Religious, Symmetry in Stone, 2010-06-30T15:43:10+00:00