History of the Gothic Revival - An Attempt to Show How Taste for Medieval Architecture Which

Klappentext Published in 1872, this work details the architects, societies, literature and buildings central to the British Gothic Revival (c.1650-1870). Zusammenfassung Charles Locke Eastlake (1833–1906), an interior, furniture and industrial designer, had a talent for designing architecture and writing about it. This work, published in 1872, details the architects, societies, literature and buildings that were central to the British Gothic Revival (c.1650–1870), and remains essential reading. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Ancient and modern architecture; 2. Anthony à Wood; 3. Horace Walpole; 4. The Georgian era; 5. Difficulties of classification; 6. A retrospect; 7. Sir Walter Scott; 8. The pointed arch question; 9. A. N. Welby Pugin; 10. Sir Charles Barry; 11. Revival of ecclesiastical architecture; 12. AD 1840-50; 13. The Rev. J. L. Petit; 14. New churches in London; 15. 'Ruskinism'; 16. The Great Exhibition of 1851; 17. Deficiency of public interest; 18. Influence of individual taste; 19. A truce to the battle of the styles; 20. AD 1860-70; Selected examples of Gothic buildings.

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• Autori: Charles Locke Eastlake, Eastlake Charles Locke
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.06.2012
• EAN: 9781108051910
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05191-0
• Pagine: 520
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; ARCHITECTURE / History / General, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, History of Architecture, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval