English renaissance - Charles Barry

ENGLISH RENAISSANCEARCH. CHARLES BARRY

Agenda:

• A Short Brief About Sir Charles Barry

• Palace of Westminster (House of Parliament) Presented by: Khaled Zein

• Manchester Art Gallery Presented by: Aliaa Alaa

• Halifax Town Hall Presented by: Abdelrahman Tarek

Sir Charles Barry ,

• born May 23, 1795, London, died May 12, 1860, London

• He is one of the architects of the Gothic Revival in England and chief architect of the British Houses of Parliament.

• he set out on a three-year tour of France, Greece, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, and Palestine to study architecture.

• In 1850 He awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal.

Buildings by Barry:

• St Matthew, Campfield, Manchester, 1825• All Saints, Stand, Lancashire, 1826 • Traveller’s Club, London, 1829• Manchester City Art Gallery, 1835• The Houses of Parliament, 1836• Trafalgar Square, 1845• Canford Manor, Dorset, 1850

Palace of WestminsterARCH. CHARLES BARRY

Presented By : Khaled Zein

About Palace of Westminster The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its occupants, the Palace lies on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London. Its name, which derives from the neighbouring Westminster Abbey, may refer to either of two structures: the Old Palace, a medieval building complex that was destroyed by fire in 1834, and its replacement, the New Palace that stands today.


About Palace of Westminster Barry assisted by Augustus W. N. Pugin, a leading authoring on Gothic architecture and style, Who provided designs for the decorations and furnishings of the Palace. Constructions started in 1840 and lasted for thirty years suffering great delays and cost overruns, as well as the death of both leading architects; works for the interior decoration continued intermittently well into the twentieth century.

His son, Edward Middleton Barry (1830–80), also a noted architect, completed the work on the Houses of Parliament.


History of Palace of Westminster


The first royal palace was built on the site in the eleventh century, and Westminster was the primary residence of the Kings of England until a fire destroyed much of the complex in 1512. After that, it served as the home of the Parliament of England, which had been meeting there since the thirteenth century, and also as the seat of the Royal Courts of Justice, based in and around Westminster Hall. In 1834, an even greater fire ravaged the heavily rebuilt Houses of Parliament, and the only medieval structures of significance to survive were Westminster Hall, the Cloisters of St Stephen's, the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, and the Jewel Tower.

Layout

Exterior Sir Charles Barry's collaborative design for the Palace of Westminster uses the Perpendicular Gothic style, which was popular during the 15th century and returned during the Gothic revival of the 19th century. Barry was a classical architect, but he was aided by the Gothic architect Augustus Pugin. Westminster Hall, which was built in the 11th century and survived the fire of 1834, was incorporated in Barry's design. Pugin was displeased with the result of the work, especially with the symmetrical layout designed by Barry.

They Choose Anston Stones a sand-coloured magnesian quarried in the village of Anston.


The Victoria Tower The largest and tallest is 98.5 meters Victoria Tower which occupies the south-western corner of the Palace. Originally named "The King's Tower" because the fire of 1834 which destroyed the old Palace of Westminster occurred during the reign of King William IV, the tower was an integral part of Barry's original design, of which he intended it to be the most memorable element.


The Elizabeth Tower The Elizabeth Tower, in particular, which is often referred to by the name of its main bell, "Big Ben", is an iconic landmark of London and the United Kingdom in general, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city and an emblem of parliamentary democracy and it’s about 96 meters.

the hour hand is 2.7 meters long and the minute hand 4.3 meters


The Octagonal Central Tower The shortest of the Palace's three principal towers at 91 meters, the octagonal Central Tower stands over the middle of the building, immediately above the Central Lobby.


Gardens There are a number of small gardens surrounding the Palace of Westminster. Victoria Tower Gardens is open as a public park along the side of the river south of the palace. Black Rod's Garden (named after the office of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod) is closed to the public and is used as a private entrance. Old Palace Yard, in front of the Palace, is paved over and covered in concrete security blocks. Cromwell Green (also on the frontage, and in 2006 enclosed by hoardings for the construction of a new visitor center), New Palace Yard (on the north side) and Speaker's Green (directly north of the Palace) are all private and closed to the public. College Green, opposite the House of Lords, is a small triangular green commonly used for television interviews with politicians.


Manchester Art GalleryARCH. CHARLES BARRY

Presented By : Aliaa Alaa

Manchester City Art Gallery is a publicly-owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry. Both Barry's buildings are listed. The building that links them was designed by Hopkins Architects. It opened in 2002 following a major renovation and expansion project undertaken by the art gallery.

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Manchester Art Gallery , Charles Barry


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Manchester Art Gallery is housed in three connected buildings. The City Art Gallery building, which faces onto Mosley Street,It originally housed the Royal Manchester Institution. Designed by architect Sir Charles Barry in the Greek Ionic style, the building is now Grade I listed. The two-storey gallery is built in rusticated ashlar to a rectangular plan on a raised plinth. The roof is hidden by a continuous dentilled cornice and plain parapet. Its eleven-bay facade has two three-bay side ranges and a central five-bay pedimented projecting portico with six Ionic columns. Set back behind the parapet is an attic with small windows that forms a lantern above the entrance hall.


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The gallery has fine art collection consisting of more than 2,000 oil paintings, 3,000 watercolours and drawings, 250 sculptures, 90 miniatures and around 1,000 prints.[12] It owns more than 13,000 decorative art objects including ceramics, glass, enamels, furniture, metalwork, arms and armour, wallpapers, dolls houses and related items.[13] The oldest object is an Egyptian canopic jar from circa 1100 BC.

Interior


1865, Ford Madox Brown

A Moor by James Northcote, the first piece acquired by the gallery

The Sirens and Ulysses, 1837 , William Etty

The Scapegoat (painting), 1854-55, William Holman Hunt


HALIFAX TOWN HALLARCH. CHARLES BARRY

Presented By : Abdelrahman Tarek

Presented By : Abdelrahman Tarek

Thank You!PRESENTED TO : DR.NEVIN GHAREB

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