Michael of Canterbury

Michael of Canterbury (English: Michael of Canterbury ) ( bl. 1290-1332 ) was an architect of the English Gothic style.

Life

The exact life data are unknown. Michael of Canterbury is considered the leading figure of the School of Kent Steinmetz, who played a significant role in the development of tracery. In the middle of the 1270er years, he was chief architect of the Cathedral of Canterbury.

Work

Michael created the Eleanor Cross in Westcheap (now Cheapside ) and later was at the Palace of Westminster operates, where he completed that began in 1292, 1326 and destroyed by fire in 1834, and delivered only by a few drawings St. Stephen's Chapel as the architect responsible built, which was modified several times in the sequence and was used by the House of Commons from 1548. This chapel leaned against the Sainte -Chapelle in Paris. He further created the two-storey gatehouse of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury. By Michael also the southeastern part of the cloister of Westminster Abbey to have been created. Some tombs are attributed to him.