The Gothic revival / Michael J. Lewis.
The Gothic revival / Michael J. Lewis.
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, c2002.
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N724.3/6
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Language
English
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Physical content
208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Literature -- Ch. 2. Romanticism -- Ch. 3. Nationalism -- Ch. 4. Truth -- Ch. 5. Development -- Ch. 6. Iron -- Ch. 7. Beauty -- Ch. 8. Height.
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, c2002.
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Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2002.
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"'The Gothic Revival', writes Michael Lewis, 'is more than a fashion craze for pointed arches and pinnacles. During its years of greatest influence, it subjected every aspect of art, belief, society and labour to intense intellectual scrutiny, using the Middle Ages as a platform from which to judge the modern world.'".
"It is the unique merit of The Gothic Revival that it gives as much attention to the ideas that gave Gothic architecture its emotional and intellectual power as it does to its great monuments. The eighteenth century admired the Gothic for its sense of decay and melancholy; the nineteenth century first cherished its religious piety, then its superb...
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The Gothic revival / Michael J. Lewis.
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World of art.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-202) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2002.
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N724.3/6
Record Identifier
74Vv4O3ZdWR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv4O3ZdWR3
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ISBN
0500203598 (pbk.)
9780500203590 (pbk.)
DDC
724.3
MMS ID
991015437759702626
