The Gothic Revival revisited.
From: Contemporary Review
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Date: 9/1/1997
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Author: Wedd, George M.
The imprint of Gothic Revival in the UK is so widespread in proportion to its longevity as an art and architectural form in the 19th century. It is postulated that the art form re-emerged to counter the degenerate and immoral impact of the French Regency in the latter years of the 18th century. Return to religiosity was encouraged among the population and gothic was the architectural expression of this ideal. Proponents of this movement include architects Augustus Welby Pugin, John Ruskin and ...
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