Georgian Gothic : Medievalist Architecture, Furniture and Interiors, 1730-1840
First full-length study of the impact of the Gothic Revival across the arts, from literature and architectural theory to houses, furniture and interiors
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Melton : Boydell & Brewer,
2016
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Medievalism
v.Volume 8 |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (284 p) |
| Zusammenfassung: | First full-length study of the impact of the Gothic Revival across the arts, from literature and architectural theory to houses, furniture and interiors Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: the Gothic Aesthetic in Britain and British Furniture, 1730-1840 -- 1 Understanding Gothic Architecture in Georgian Britain -- The unknown: initial steps in the understanding of Gothic architecture -- Subsequent steps in the understanding of Gothic architecture -- Professionalised topography: the examination of medieval architecture -- A transformation in the interpretation of Gothic architecture: later theorists -- 2 Creation of Classical Gothic Architecture, Furniture and Interiors Classical Gothic's antecedents: Sir Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Sir John Vanbrugh -- Reconfiguration of medieval architecture: William Kent and Batty Langley -- The influence of Kent and Langley: early Georgian Gothic architecture, interiors and furniture -- 3 High Fashion and Fragments of the Past: the Omnipresence of Rococo Gothic -- Rococo Gothic: in name only -- Counter-curves, asymmetry and Rococo Gothic -- Categories of Rococo-Gothic furniture -- Rococo Gothic beyond the page: 1746-65 -- A style of the Union: Rococo-Gothic furniture north of the border 4 Fluctuating Tastes: Gothic in Later Eighteenth-century Britain -- The Gothic paradox in Neoclassical Britain: 1764-1800 -- Maturing Gothic and its continuity: 1760-1800 -- 'Neoclassical Gothic': a third type of Georgian Gothic -- 5 The 'Chaos of Modern Gothic Excrescences': Regency to Revolution -- The Wyatt dynasty: creating Gothic palaces -- Eaton Hall: 'distinguished' architecture and interiors -- George IV's apartments: the breeding ground for a new type of Gothic? -- L.N. Cottingham: student of medieval architecture, designer of Gothic furniture and curator of antiquities, 1830-47 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (284 p) |
| ISBN: | 9781783271276 1783271272 9781782048381 1782048383 |