Tre cattedrali inglesi: rinnovamenti e restauri, XIV-XVIII secolo
In: Quaderni dell'Istituto di Storia dell'Architettura: n.s. 2019, 2020
DOI: 10.48255/1102
Three English cathedrals: renovation and restoration from 14th to 18th century
In the framework of the transformations undertaken between the 14th
and 18th
centuries on ancient
English cathedrals, the essay examines three exemplary cases (Canterbury, Winchester and Ely).
Integrations and renovations, motivated by functional, political and religious needs, but also by the
requirement for structural interventions following the dilapidation and tampering suffered by the
buildings, were carried out according to the variable aesthetic feeling of the time or with attention to
the forms of the past, but always in creative and innovative way, as in Ely, about 1770. Only a few years
later, as early as the beginning of the following century, purely stylistic evaluations will determine the
choices of the “restorers”.