"University Gothic" in Graphics by David Loggan
Abstract
The views of the university cities of Oxford and Cambridge occupy a special place in the creative legacy of the English graphic artist David Loggan (1634–1692). A master of graphic portraiture who created a series of images of political figures and scientists of the 17th century, David Loggan is known primarily as a connoisseur of the past, close to the circle of English antiquaries. The image of the university city acquires expressive features of a medieval architectural complex in the master’s works. The style markers indicating that buildings belong to historical eras become Gothic elements – tall spires, pointed towers, pinnacles, wimpergs and buttresses – on the outside; pointed arches, rib vaults of complex pattern and large–scale windows – in the interior. The etching, complemented by a chisel, allows the artist to create well-developed, detailed images of architectural objects of university cities, the Gothic buildings of which are represented in D. Loggan’s graphics reliably and consistently.
Keywords
architectural graphics; 17th century engraving; historical concept in art; Gothic in 17th century art; English Gothic architecture in book graphics; methods of visual interpretation of Gothic; university Gothic; architecture of Oxford and Cambridge; panoramic landscape in graphics; images of architecture in graphics; costume graphics of the 17th century;
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