1 Understanding Gothic Architecture in Georgian Britain

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Kitap Bölümü

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2016

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Boydell and Brewer

There is no state of Architecture so little observed and less understood than that which we call Gothic though it is not by any means so barbarous & inelegant as is generally supposed, neither do the works of the Age we call Gothic deserve so much ridicule as the present Age are pleased to bestow upon them; for, whoever considers their works with attention will find many of them judiciously designed and admirably executed; Yet this Art is now lost and the Buildings themselves must ‘ere long fall into ruins: But if those Buildings afford any pleasure to a curious Spectator, or instruction to the Studious Architect, surely it would deserve the attention of the Curious in general to endeavour to investigate the cause of that pleasure we find in viewing those venerable buildings. (James Essex, c.1770) THE MANY STRANDS of Gothic design in Georgian Britain, including architecture, interior decoration and furniture, were fundamentally shaped by contemporary interpretations of medieval structures. These buildings, in various states of preservation or decay, were common throughout Britain's countryside and townscapes. Some designers responded directly to published histories or explanations of medieval architecture, whilst others applied personal, and occasionally revisionist, readings of Britain's ancient structures to shape the Gothic Revival. This intellectual, cultural and aesthetic context was not stagnant, but developed dramatically and organically between 1730 and 1840; in ea…

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