Each period covers component parts like doors, windows, towers, pews, panelling and pulpits. Next comes the 'Vocabulary' of styles in chronological order, from ancient Saxon churches to modern cathedrals. This allows the reader to easily understand what follows.
The primer begins with an explanation of the basic 'Grammar' of churches: elevation, plan, fronts, vaults and towers. The same is the case with Architecture: an inability to describe the component parts of a building leaves one tongue-tied and unable to begin to discuss what is or is not exciting, dull or peculiar about it.' Rice's Church Primer explains the language of architecture in churches, from the restrained Norman style of William the Conqueror to the gilded excesses of the Baroque. As Matthew Rice says, 'Once you can speak any language, conversations can begin, but without it communications can only be brief and brutish. But how do you read them? Through charming illustrations, Rice's Church Primer reveals the basic grammar and vocabulary of church architecture throughout the United Kingdom. They have a lot to say about our history, our art and our ideas. They represent some of the most iconic, beautiful and occasionally bizarre buildings in the country. The countryside, towns and cities of Britain are full of churches.
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