tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2801320949166874320..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Southwell, NottinghamshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-86271488591597493812018-02-24T18:31:40.597+00:002018-02-24T18:31:40.597+00:00Pevsner unfortunately believed excessively in the ...Pevsner unfortunately believed excessively in the Zeitgeist: the leaves of Southwell are not necessarily like leaves elsewhere e.g. York Minster. Original creative artistry must have something to do with it! We are not simply the cultural slaves of the date we happened to be born.Nor can such things be explained as part of the theory about Gothic architecture being primarily a response to engineering problems ("If it's not vaulted, it's not Gothic"). I visited Southwell once many many moons ago - perhaps I should go again. Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.com