Talk:King's College Chapel, Cambridge

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In the Tudor architecture article, this chapel is cited as a fine example. But the lead paragraph of this article claims it is gothic. So ... Ancheta Wis 04:22, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The report of the Royal Commission of the Historic Monuments of England says the following (vol 1, p 105)

The Chapel, begun in 1446 by Henry VI, continued by Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VII, and completed under Henry VIII in 1515, is amongst our most important possessions. It is of great architectural interest, being one of the four most sumptious building of Royal foundation of the period. The fittings are outstanding by virtue of their quality and condition and their portrayal of the changes from the Gothic to the Renaissance style during the period they span. [...] The screen installed by Henry VIII between 1533 and 1536 is [...] the earliest timber structure of major size in the country entirely in the Renaissance style.

"Cambridge, a photographic collection" (photos by Pearce, text by Wallis) says (p 44)

[King's College Chapel] soars in Gothic splendour over the Backs' tranquil riverscape.

"Cambridge: The Hidden History" by Alison Taylor says (p101)

King's College chapel [was] almost archaic in style when it was finished.

Bluap 05:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The chapel is Tudor in the sense of having been built by the Tudors. It is Gothic in the sense that its architecture demonstrates the Perpendicular Gothic style, unique to England and also seen at Bath Abbey and Henry VI's Chapel at Westminster Abbey. The English kings could afford the finest craftsmen, so Italian and Flemish masters worked on the internal fittings, bringing there own style with them. Amandajm (talk) 16:07, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody has edited this page, saying that "someone Chinese wrote a poem about King's College" and that the soloist at the beginning of Nine Lessons and Carols sung as a joke. The comment about choristers is also irrelevant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.47.82.250 (talk) 14:10, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

At no point does the article state what is this chapel's dedication.

208.87.248.162 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:04, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The College's page, speaking of the Chapel's history, states that "Henry [VI] was only 19 when he laid the first stone of the 'College roial of Oure Lady and Seynt Nicholas' in Cambridge on Passion Sunday, 1441."

208.87.248.162 (talk) 17:35, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

[1] claims it is based on Sainte-Chapelle.

Is there any truth to this?

Hi Cagliost. A quick search on Google Books suggests that while there are parallels between between King's College Chapel and Sainte-Chapelle, there appears to be no reliable source suggesting that they are clearly connected in the way that, say, St. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, (destroyed by fire in 1834), was designed to emulate and outdo Sainte-Chapelle.^[1] The Fodor guidebook might simply be inventing a connection that doesn't quite exist.

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