GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE

GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE

●The movement began in the 1740’s in

England

●Also known as neo gothic or Victorian

Gothic

●Revive medieval forms of gothic style

decorative with little connection to the

past function

●The gothic style further developed

after authors Horace Walpole and Sir

Henry Scott wrote novels about gothic

tales and that featured its architecture.

●Medieval style was common in

domestic buildings while the

classical style was used in

public buildings

Horace

GOTHIC REVIVAL: America

The US lost interest in the Greco Roman classical style adopting the gothic revival style from England

● The first example of gothic revival appeared in Baltimore in 1832 by Alexander Jackson Javis , and the style quickly spread

●First Gothic revival church in the USA was the Trinity Church, New Haven,Connecticut

●For decorative purpose rather than the original function

●Early phase preferred by upper classes for country estates while the later phase was popular to the public buildings

Trinity Church, New Haven, Connecticut

First Gothic revival church in the USA

GEOLOGICAL: RESOURCES

●Stone and bricks were widely used

●Marble, fire brick, iron were used.

●Materials were salvaged due to forest

depletion.

Climate

●Western Britain mildest, wettest, windiest region ;seldom extreme

temperature

●Eastern Britain drier, cooler, and less windy; have seasonal temperature

Eastern Britain Climate

drier, cooler, and less windy; have seasonal temperature

Western Britain Climate

mildest, wettest, windiest region ;seldom extreme temperature

Gothic Revival features

are pointed arches and windows, high pitched roofs, and ornamental tracery based on the forms used during the middle ages

James Wyatt

prominent English Architect during the 18 th century for using the Gothic style in many of his works such as the Ashridge Park

Palace of Westminster

●Meeting place of the two

parliaments of UK; House of

Lords and House of Commons

●Rebuilt by Sir Charles Barry and

A.W. Pugin after it was

destroyed by a fire in 1834

●Largest Gothic Revival building

in the world

●Pugin believed the Gothic style

was the true Christian

Architecture

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

●one of the bestknown Gothic Revival Architecture

●Located in New York City

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Ashridge Park

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Strawberry Hill,Twickenham , Middlesex, England, home of Horace Walpole