pt. 1. Gothic vision in Newark
pt. 2. Interludes
pt. 3. Sacred Heart Cathedral
pt. 4. Completing Sacred Heart
BRIAN REGAN, deputy director of the Morgan Library & Museum, is coauthor of The Making of the Morgan from Charles McKim to Renzo Piano. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Harvard and held a Watson Fellowship.
"In Gothic Pride, Brian Regan offers a comprehensive presentation
of the motivation, characters, and development of this remarkable
edifice. Regan's text has brought to life the cathedral's stone and
artistry—and revived the spirit of the churchmen, architects, and
craftsmen who contributed to Newark's Gothic Pride."
*Sacred Architecture*
"The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart never fails to excite
the attention of auto, rail and air travelers, no matter how many
times they’ve gazed at its magnificent Gothic Revival silhouette.
Dominating a slight rise in Newark’s North Ward and fringed to the
west by Branch Brook Park, the edifice stands as testament to the
perseverance (and sometimes hubris) of nearly a century of church
leaders who were determined to flex the growing power of the
state’s new archdiocese and better serve its multicultural
parishioners. The cathedral’s intriguing back story, imaginatively
and coolly captured by Brian Regan, deputy director of the Morgan
Library Museum, certainly validates the truism that the glory may
be to God, but the devil is in the details. Gothic Pride is
ecumenical in its historic, artistic and spiritual appeal and will
resonate with any New Jersey homeowner who has dealt with design
changes, fired builders or busted
the budget to get their own 'cathedral' just right."
*Star-Ledger*
"A fascinating story—the first comprehensive study of the
cathedral."
*Jersey Journal*
"Constructed between 1898 and 1954, Newark's Cathedral of the
Sacred Heart stands as a monument to the ambitions and triumphalism
of American Catholicism of that era. A well-written and
engagingly-written book."
*American Catholic Studies*
"In his study of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in
Newark, NJ, Mr. Regan has created a work that traces the origins of
an often overlooked, but prime example of gothic revival
architecture and a symbol of religious adherence to generations of
Catholics through the course of state history."
*New Jersey Studies*
"Gothic cathedrals are about light, the shadow of God—a parallel
spiritual universe, a retreat from the mundane, a vision of heaven
on earth. These 'sermons in stone' proclaim society's spiritual and
civic aspirations. In crystalline and evocative prose, Regan
illuminates a little-known American treasure. His landmark of
scholarship and social history is as luminous as stained
glass."
*author of Bernini and Rubens*
"Newark’s early planners toured England and Ireland in search of
the 'elder Pugin’s' genius. Their keen hopes were to be realized in
fascinating ways. Sacred Heart Cathedral represents a remarkable
episode in the international Gothic Revival."
*FSA, London, in L'Osservatore Romano*
"Brian Regan brings his unique talents and exceptional knowledge of
art, architecture, and history to tell the story of a 'hidden
jewel' of the Northeast, Newark’s Sacred Heart Cathedral. He weaves
a tapestry that includes architects, artisans, prelates,
politicians, and the people of New Jersey as he recounts the story
of this magnificent building."
*Chair, Newark Archdiocesan Commission for the Ecclesiastical
Patrimony*
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