Charles Locke Eastlake

A History of the Gothic Revival

An attempt to show how the taste for mediæval architecture, which lingered in England during the two last centuries, has since been encouraged and developed

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Produktbeschreibung

A History of the Gothic Revival - An attempt to show how the taste for mediæval architecture, which lingered in England during the two last centuries, has since been encouraged and developed is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hansebooks
• Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1872
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 167mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 766g
• ISBN-13: 9783337431297
• ISBN-10: 3337431291
• Artikelnr.: 50846112

Inhaltsangabe

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.