The Architecture of the English Medieval Cathedral (Online) offered by Oxford University
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The Architecture of the English Medieval Cathedral (Online) at Oxford University Overview
Duration | 10 weeks |
Total fee | ₹26,500 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
The Architecture of the English Medieval Cathedral (Online) at Oxford University Highlights
- Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university
The Architecture of the English Medieval Cathedral (Online) at Oxford University Course details
- Understand the rich architectural story of the medieval English cathedral
- Analyse how the architectural style developed over time
- Distinguish ?great churches? from other types of church, and outline the specific role and attributes of the cathedral church
- Name the key localities and features of a cathedral church and their associated functions and histories
- Examine how medieval monastic and secular communities functioned, and how this impacted the resulting buildings
- In this course you will explore the architecture of the English cathedral from its relatively humble beginnings in the Anglo-Saxon period to the turbulent impact of the Reformation in the 16th century and beyond
- Placing these developments against a rich historical and cultural backdrop, you will examine fixtures and fittings and decorations that help us to understand how these buildings originally appeared, and engage with the dynamic story of changing architectural style
- This course will explore the English medieval cathedral as a developing institution which survived over a thousand years of religious upheaval and historical change, focusing on the multifaceted architecture of these truly great churches
- This course aims to introduce students to the extraordinary architecture of the medieval English cathedral, exploring their development over time
The Architecture of the English Medieval Cathedral (Online) at Oxford University Curriculum
Opening themes
Time
Culture
Place
Cathedrals and other churches
Great churches
Looking at cathedral architecture
Looking at buildings
Form and style
A cathedral plan
The cathedral in three dimensions
The cathedral interior
Light and liturgy
Change over time
Architecture and worship
The function of a church
Architecture and liturgy
Medieval Christianity
The Eucharist
Fittings: screens, doors and altars
Other forms of worship
Ideas about the afterlife
Shrines, tombs and lady chapels
Architectural symbolism and decoration
Ancillary buildings
The Anglo-Saxon cathedrals, c.600 - c.1070
Medieval society
Medieval time: the modern view
Landmark events
Case study I: Canterbury
Time: the medieval view
The roots of the cathedrals
The later Anglo-Saxon cathedrals
Case study II: The old minster, Winchester
The Romanesque cathedrals: Normans and Angevins, c.1066 - 1250
Architecture and invasion
Romanesque cathedral architecture
Conquering: the 1070s
Conqueror: the 1080s
Conquered: the 1090s
Case study III: Durham
The Romanesque achievement
From Romanesque to Gothic, c.1110 - c.1200
12th century cultural developments
Romanesque in the 12th century
Gothic origins and understanding Gothic
Style in the late 12th century
Developments in form
The pattern of building, c1170 - c.1250
The late 12th century rebuilds and ?cathedralness?
Case study IV: Lincoln
The Early English cathedrals, c.1200 - c.1270
Early English building patterns
Understanding Early English
The Episcopal style
The screen façade
Innovations
Cast study V: Salisbury
Decorated cathedrals ? the later Middle Ages, 1250-1350
The decorated style: development and patterns of building
Understanding Decorated
Polygonal spaces: Lady Chapels and chapter houses
Cast study VI: Exeter
Inventing perpendicular
The perpendicular cathedrals, c.1350 - c.1530
Architecture and society: the late medieval period
Perpendicular cathedrals: the pattern of building
Understanding perpendicular
Perpendicular bell towers
The cage chantry
Iconography and meaning
Cast study VII: Winchester (and Bath)
Late or Tudor perpendicular
The Reformation and afterwards
Reformation and dissolution
Case study VIII: York and its saints
The impact of reform
The cathedrals, c.1550 - c.1850
From the 19th century to the present day
The Architecture of the English Medieval Cathedral (Online) at Oxford University Faculty details
The Architecture of the English Medieval Cathedral (Online) at Oxford University Entry Requirements
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