Charles Robert Cockerell, Architect in Time: Reflections Around Anachronistic Drawings

233 Pages·2014·5.09 MB·English

by  Anne Bordeleau

Charles robert CoCkerell, arChiteCt in time
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Charles robert Cockerell,
architect in time
reflections around anachronistic Drawings
anne bordeleau
University of Waterloo, Canada
© anne bordeleau 2014
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bordeleau, anne, 1972–
Charles robert Cockerell, architect in time: reflections around anachronistic
drawings / by anne bordeleau.
pages cm. – (ashgate studies in architecture)
includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-1-4094-5369-7 (hardback: alk. paper) – isbn 978-1-4094-5370-3 (ebook) –
isbn 978-1-4724-0708-5 (epub)
1. Cockerell, C. r. (Charles robert), 1788–1863 – Criticism and interpretation.
2. architecture, modern – Philosophy. i. title.
na997.C6b37 2014
720.92 – dc23
2014010737
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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
PART I HISTORICISM AND THE EXPERIENCE OF HISTORY
1 The Professor’s Dream: Architecture in Time 11
2 Plate X: Living History 43
PART II DRAWING AND BUILDING IN TIME
3 Fantasy of St George’s Hall, Liverpool, under Construction:
Between Pasts and Futures 69
4 Cambridge University Library under Construction:
Building Fragments 99
PART III THE LANGUAGE OF ORNAMENTS
5 Bassae Capital: The Indexical Nature of Architecture 127
vi CHArLes roBerT CoCkereLL, ArCHITeCT IN TIme
6 ‘The architect’s own hand is seen here’:
Architecture and representation 155
epilogue: The Architect’s Feet? on Giants’s Toes and Boot scrapers 171
Bibliography 181
Index 207
List of Illustrations
the author has made every effort to contact copyright holders and would be pleased to
correct any errors or omissions that are brought to her attention, in subsequent editions.
COLOUR PLATES
1 C.r. Cockerell, The Professor’s Dream 1860), musagetes library, University of
(prepared with G.e. Goodchild, 1849), Waterloo
Published with the permission of the royal
academy of arts, london 6 C.r. Cockerell, ‘the architect’s own hand
is seen here’, (c.1838). Cambridge University
2 C.r. Cockerell, Plate X, in The Temples of library, ms.add.9272/1/24. reproduced
Jupiter Panhellenius at Æegina, and of Apollo by kind permission of the syndics of
Epicurius at Bassae near Phigaleia in Arcadia Cambridge University library
(london: J. Weale, 1860), musagetes library,
University of Waterloo
BLACK AND WHITE FIGURES
3 C.r. Cockerell (drawn by
G.e. Goodchild, c.1854), Fantasy of 1.1 J.-F. neufforge, Plans des églises les
St George’s Hall, Liverpool, under plus remarquables, in D. le roy, Histoire
Construction, Published with the permission des formes différentes que les Chrétiens ont
of the national museums liverpool données à leurs Temples depuis le Règne de
Constantin le Grand, jusqu’à nous (Paris:
4 C.r. Cockerell (drawn by Desaint & saillant, 1764), Collection Centre
G.e. Goodchild, c.1838), Cambridge Canadien d’architecture / Canadian Centre
University Library under Construction, for architecture, montréal
location unknown
1.2 D. le roy, Comparative table, Les
5 C.r. Cockerell, bassae capital, in The Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce,
Temples of Jupiter Panhellenius at Æegina, considérées du côté de l’histoire et du côté
and of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae near de l’architecture, vol. 1 (Paris: De l’imprimerie
Phigaleia in Arcadia (london: J. Weale, de louis-François Delatour, 1770),
viii ChARLES RoBERT CoCkERELL, ARChITECT IN TIME
Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture / With permission of the Royal ontario
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal Museum © RoM
1.3 J.M. Gandy, Comparative 1.11 Legend to W. Smith’s A Delineation of
Characteristics of Thirteen Selected Styles the Strata of England and Wales, with Parts
of Architecture. c.1826, Sir John Soane’s of Scotland, 1815–17, (Cardiff: Grugos Press,
Museum, London. By courtesy of the 1975). With permission of the Royal ontario
Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Museum Museum © RoM
1.4 J. Stephanoff, The Ascent of the Arts: 1.12 C.R. Cockerell, The Professor’s Dream,
An Assemblage of Works of Art in Sculpture c.1849, detail of the annotated mount,
and Painting in the British Museum, from the published with the permission of the Royal
Earliest Period to the Time of Phydias, 1845, Academy of Arts, London
British Museum, London, © The Trustees of
the British Museum 2.1 C.R. Cockerell, Topographical Sketch of
the Forum Romanum, c.1816, Department
1.5 J. Soane, Comparative Elevation of of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British
St Peter’s, Rome & Sections of the Pantheon, Museum, London, © The Trustees of the
Rome, the Radcliffe Library, Oxford & the British Museum
Rotunda, Bank of England, Sir John Soane’s
Museum, London. By courtesy of the 2.2 C.R. Cockerell, Reconstruction of the
Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Museum Capital and Forum of Rome, c.1816–17,
Department of Greek and Roman
1.6 C.R. Cockerell, Comparative drawing, Antiquities, British Museum, London,
in h. Bellenden, Sir Christopher Wren, With © The Trustees of the British Museum
Some General Remarks on the Origins and
Progress of Architecture (London: Baldwin 2.3 C.R. Cockerell, Reconstruction of the
and Cradock, 1833), 20, Library of Congress Capital and Forum of Rome, c.1816–17,
Department of Greek and Roman
1.7 C.R. Cockerell (drawn by J.E. Antiquities, British Museum, London,
Goodchild), Comparative Heights of Some of © The Trustees of the British Museum
the Principle Buildings of the World, c.1842.
Published with the permission of the RIBA 2.4 C.R. Cockerell, Theatre at Pompeii
Drawing Collection, London as it Might Have Appeared in the Interval
Between the Earthquake of A.D. 68 and the
1.8 C. Smith, Comparative View of the Heights Final Catastrophe of A.D. 79, 1832. Published
of the Principal Mountains &c. in the World, with the permission of the RIBA Drawing
1816, David Rumsey Map Collection, www. Collection, London
davidrumsey.com, Creative Commons License
2.5 C.R. Cockerell, Plate IX, in The Temples
1.9 W. Darton, New and Improved View of Jupiter Panhellenius at Æegina, and of
of the Comparative Heights of the Principal Apollo Epicurius at Bassae near Phigaleia in
Mountains and Lengths of the Principal Rivers Arcadia (London: J. Weale, 1860), Musagetes
in the World, 1823, David Rumsey Map Library, University of Waterloo
Collection, www.davidrumsey.com, Creative
Commons License 2.6 C.R. Cockerell, Plate XI, in The Temples
of Jupiter Panhellenius at Æegina, and of
1.10 W. Smith, A Delineation of the Strata Apollo Epicurius at Bassae near Phigaleia in
of England and Wales, with Parts of Scotland, Arcadia (London: J. Weale, 1860), Musagetes
1815–17, (Cardiff: Grugos Press, 1975). Library, University of Waterloo
LIST oF ILLUSTRATIoNS ix
2.7 C.R. Cockerell, The Temple of Apollo Jupiter Panhellenius at Æegina, and of Apollo
Epikourios, View of the Interior, undated, Epicurius at Bassae near Phigaleia in Arcadia
Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon (London: J. Weale, 1860), Musagetes Library,
Collection, New haven University of Waterloo
2.8 C.R. Cockerell, Sketch of Temple at 3.8 C.R. Cockerell, Temple of Jupiter
Bassae, c.1811, British Museum, London Olympius, Agrigento: fragments in The
(Cockerell-Bassae-Agragas), © The Trustees Temple of Jupiter Olympius at Agrigentum
of the British Museum (London: Priestley and Weale, 1830).
Published with the permission of the Royal
2.9 C.R. Cockerell, Sketch of Temple at Academy of Arts, London
Bassae, c.1811, British Museum, London
(Cockerell-Bassae-Agragas), © The Trustees 4.1 Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Museum,
of the British Museum J.M. Gandy’s John Soane’s Design for
Marylebone Church, Sir John Soane’s
3.1 G.-A. Blouet, Plate 1, in Restauration
Museum, London. By courtesy of the
des thermes d’Antonin Caracalla à Rome
Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Museum
(Paris: Didot 1828), Collection Centre
Canadien d’Architecture / Canadian Centre
4.2 C.R. Cockerell, Design No. 1, Cambridge
for Architecture, Montréal
University Library, 1829, Cambridge
University Library, Cambridge (CUL
3.2 C.R. Cockerell, Four studies of a male
ADD. 9272/4/6.4.2). Reproduced by kind
figure standing in the pose of the telamons
permission of the Syndics of Cambridge
from the Temple of Jupiter olympius at
University Library
Agrigento, and two studies of an ancient
Egyptian statue on a sheet of blue paper
4.3 C.R. Cockerell, Design No. 2, Cambridge
stuck down on to the first sheet, c.1812,
University Library, 1829, Cambridge University
British Museum, London, © The Trustees of
Library, Cambridge (CUL ADD. 9272/4/14).
the British Museum
Reproduced by kind permission of the
Syndics of Cambridge University Library
3.3 C.R. Cockerell, St George’s Hall,
Liverpool, c.1853, Yale Centre for British Art,
4.4 overlay of C.R. Cockerell’s Designs
Paul Mellon Collection, New haven
No. 1 and No. 2, Cambridge University
Library, 1829 competition (by the author)
3.4 C.R. Cockerell, A Tribute to the Memory
of Sir Christopher Wren, 1838. Published
4.5 Bassae order, Cambridge University
with the permission of the RIBA Drawing
Library (photograph by the author)
Collection, London
3.5 C.R. Cockerell, Gate detail from 4.6 Bassae order, Cambridge University
A Tribute to the Memory of Sir Christopher Library (photograph by the author)
Wren, 1838. Published with the permission
of the RIBA Drawing Collection, London 4.7 Bassae order, Cambridge University
Library (photograph by the author)
3.6 C.R. Cockerell, Gate detail in The
Professor’s Dream, 1849. Published with the 4.8 Elevation of North Wing, Cambridge
permission of the Royal Academy of Arts, University Library (photograph by the author)
London
4.9 oxford Museum, view of the interior
3.7 Analytical study of Plate X (by the court, by architects Dean and Woodward.
author), based on image in The Temples of Illustrated London News, 1859, p. 439