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Image shows the interior of St Aidan's church built in 1891-4 by R.J Johnson & A.C. Hicks. The church is a double apsed aisled basilica joining basilican form with Romanesque Style.
The interior of the church is famous for the mosaics by Sir Frank Brangwyn 1916, covering the curved walls of the apse and walls of concelli leading to the choir, depicting the life of St Aidan. These are very important as they are the only large-scale example of Brangwyns design for this medium. On the left is the pulpit designed by Hicks, a cusped, moresque, round headed circles and low relief panels, depicting the life of St Aidan in marble.
Mosaic was used instead of Tempera as it was easier to maintain in the polluted Leeds atmosphere. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Interior St Aidan's Church Roundhay Road | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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