Gothic Revival

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Gothic Revival: Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago

Figure 2: Social and economic considerations in interior design.(left) Elaborate mid-19th century dining room in the Gothic Revival style, Lyndhurst, Tarrytown New York, designed by Alexander J. Davis.

Houses of Parliament, London, a complex of Gothic Revival buildings designed by Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1837–60.

Figure 93: English secular architecture in the Gothic Revival style. (left) Midland Hotel at St. Pancras Station, London, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, 1867-74.

Gothic Revival style bargeboard on the New York Yacht Club House (currently in Mystic, Conn., U.S.), by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1846

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Gothic Revival

architectural style

Also known as: Neogothic style

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Date:: 1750 - 1880

Related Artists:: A.W.N. Pugin; Robert Adam; Jasper Francis Cropsey; Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc; Henry Ives Cobb

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Gothic Revival, architectural style that drew its inspiration from medieval architecture and competed with the Neoclassical revivals in the United States and Great Britain. Only isolated examples of the style are to be found on the Continent. The earliest documented example of the revived use of Gothic architectural elements is Strawberry Hill, the home of the English writer Horace Walpole. As in many of the early Gothic Revival buildings, the Gothic was used here for its picturesque and romantic qualities without regard for its structural possibilities or original function. Another early example of the tendency toward ornamentation and decoration was ...(100 of 598 words)

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