Detail, Cologne Cathedral Tower
- Title:
- Detail, Cologne Cathedral Tower
- Title 2:
- Untitled (Detail, tower, Cologne Cathedral)
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Johann, Meister (of Cologne), German, active late 13th, early 14th century, Architect
- Creation Date:
- 1300-1880 (building)
ca. 1877-1881 (photograph)
- Location:
- Cologne, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Country:
- Germany
- ID Number:
- 10016002
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00072
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10016002.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Gothic (Medieval)
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- spires
religious buildings
Cathedrals
tracery
crocket
trefoils (geometric motifs)
Cathedral, Cologne, Germany
quatrefoils
construction sites
windlasses
Dom, Köln, Germany
plant-derived motifs
spires
photographs - Measurement:
- 35.8775 x 31.75 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "Cologne cathedral (Kölner Dom) eclipses in its size and grandeur all other historic buildings in the city. Its twin towers rise 515 feet above the city centre. After an earlier cathedral on the site was destroyed by fire in 1248, it was decided that a new one would be built in the G othic style, emulating the cathedrals of France. The choir was completed in 1320 and consecrated in 1322. Construction continued until 1560, when it came to a halt. The cathedral stood unfinished until 1842, when work was resumed. In 1880 the enterprise was finally completed. The building was badly damaged by air raids in 1944
but by 1948 the choir had been restored and was again in regular use, as was the rest of the interior by 1956." (Source: Encyclopedia Britannica) This is likely a view of the south tower (designed 1300, executed 1877-1880), as its completion (and with it the completion of the entire structure) was ceremoniously marked on October 15, 1880. Wolff attributes the draftsman of the ca. 1300 plans for the twin towers to Meister Johann. (Source: Wolf f, Arnold. Cathedral of Cologne, 1980) - Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.