Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey

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7 жыл бұрын

Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, begun 1503. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

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@javierpacheco8234 2 жыл бұрын

That has to be one of the most beautiful interiors in a church. It is so beautiful.

@SKF358 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. Well done by all. I was mesmerized by this church I learned about only through you.

@YendorSignemeck 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent, informative video of a beautiful church. My favorite of the churches I visited in Britain.

@johnfromengland2620 4 жыл бұрын

This is a really interesting video, full of historical, architectural and structural information, beautifully photographed and well presented. Just one point of detail: although the Houses of Parliament main building dates from the 19th century, one part of the complex is much older. At 4.25 in the video, the greyish-coloured building with heavy buttresses which can be seen immediately under the "Big Ben" clocktower is Westminster Hall, erected in the late 11th century, remodelled with a magnificent timber roof in the late 14th century (see Wikipedia under "Palace of Westminster" entry). Unfortunately the Hall is not open to the public.

@kentwang44 10 ай бұрын

4:25 - if you write it with a colon, KZfaq turns it into a link that can be clicked on

@johnfromengland2620 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!@@kentwang44

@KorKhan89 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent, I was waiting for this one!

@sarribel 3 жыл бұрын

Splendid, actually looks like a piece of jewellery

@gordonsmith8899 4 жыл бұрын

The building at 4.26 is Westminster Hall. It's a mediaeval building, one of the oldest surviving parts of the Palace of Westminster. It dates from the reign of William II It's famous hammer-beam roof dates from the reign of Richard II Many famous state trials have been heard there including that of Charles I (1648/9) The stonework on the street front is modern.

@ds1868 3 жыл бұрын

@Gordon Smith Good post. The Palace of Westminster is a mixture of very old and 19th Century Gothic Revival.

@SKF358 8 ай бұрын

BTW, I am so thankful for the work that Steven and Beth do to make gorgeous art known to us all.

@mkmc94 7 ай бұрын

The british do know for sure how to build a beautiful church !

@passionmabvure8678 Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@ianport2185 3 жыл бұрын

Bear in mind Henry VII had a tenuous claim to the throne so you might argue the purpose of the chapel is to place the new Tudor dynasty at the centre of the Abbey and hence the realm.

@stonesinmyblood27 3 жыл бұрын

He also built it to create the connection between himself and Henry VI of Lancaster

@frankgunner8967 Ай бұрын

Masterpiece

@nealg58 3 жыл бұрын

I remember visiting here in 1975 - went to Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland on a high school band trip!

@MandyJMaddison 6 жыл бұрын

This is very well done. Very useful to students. Good potted history of Gothic prior to the emergence of the Perpendicular style. The illustrations o the history are all pertinent, and the information accurate. Good explanation of structural engineering. Good relating of exterior to interior. Good introduction and brief explanation of Gothic Revival at Palace of Westminster.

@noraly444 5 жыл бұрын

WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!

@Sasha0927 Жыл бұрын

I've never been so stunned by a ceiling, my goodness.. Everything else was lost on me, lol.

@davidalexallen 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! I was wondering about those hanging pendants in the chapel -- did those serve any structural purpose, or were they purely decorative? Is there anything in the architecture to indicate they had to build extra support to have those?

@AntPDC 6 жыл бұрын

See partially hidden structural support arches at 3:23

@arturocostantino623 Жыл бұрын

Edward the Confessor was the first royal burial in 1066

@alphonsobutlakiv789 Жыл бұрын

Why do the buttresses towers have niches clearly for statues, yet there are none? Were there ever any statues in those niches?

@gioseanuandrei5489 3 жыл бұрын

If only all the windows were of stained glass, it will be close to perfection. I suspect they were but were destroyed at a later time.

@MercurialRed9 3 жыл бұрын

I prefer it this way, allows natural light to illuminate the chapel.

@mkmc94 7 ай бұрын

@@MercurialRed9 Amiens Cathedral did the same and i agree it allow way more light inside the church and it's beautiful

@Thelongestshrimp 2 жыл бұрын

19nth😃

@SKF358 8 ай бұрын

Why didn't Henry VIII destroy this as he rejected Catholicism as he did so many other Catholic buildings?

@smarthistory-art-history 8 ай бұрын

Much of the damage, as I understand it, was focused on monastic properties which might have their roofs removed for example. Cathedrals were often stripped of precious materials but were often largely spared, until the civil war.

@mkmc94 7 ай бұрын

How could he destroy such a beauty ?

@MercurialRed9 6 ай бұрын

The Abbey is not a Catholic building.