Gothic revival
The Gothic revival started in the 19th century which was an
architectural movement. The movement began in England in 1740. It was developed
when the Neo-classical style was at its best and people were desperate for
something different. It is inspired from Romantic movement in Architecture of
Houses, churches and also schools. They used to design by getting inspired from
medieval designs. The forms were a comeback
of inspiration from ancient Greece and Rome.
Gothic period is often associated by a group of people with white skin and wears dark, ghosts, suspected houses but the truth is that Gothic period was
developed for a better live and mostly into the churches. Gothic style was
there to be applied mostly on architecture designs such as houses, churches and
even schools. In Gothic period allot of historical cathedrals and churches were
built mostly in Europe in England and also in France. The Gothic style we see allot
of pointed arches which were inspired from Islamic cultural architecture that
were located in Spain. The Pointed arches were there to be able to reduce the
lengths of the columns or piers that were there to support the arch. The columns
became part of the design of the pointed arches because they complete with each
other.
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| Westminster Abbey In London |
- It was one of the very beginning of the Gothic architecture.
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| Westminster Abbey from the inside |
This cathedral was built in the 13th century it is now named
The Collegiate church of St Peter. The Cathedral is located in London. It is a
place where funerals of Edward the Confessor, Henry Purcel and more famous
people took place. They were a group of architects that took part to build this
cathedral.
Notre dame De Chartres:
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| Notre Dame De chartres situated in France |
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| Notre dame De Chartres from the inside |
- The church started to built in 1193 and was ready in 1250.
Gothic Architecture Spreading trough America:
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Trinity Church, New York,
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- It started to built in1839 and was ready 1846.
Trinity Church, New York and the art from the inside - How it looks from the inside but several changed were there from that time till now. It is adored not only for the architectural design but also for the stained glass in it today.
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The architect was Richard Upjohn.
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| This House was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1844 |
- The pointed arches completed to be seen in architectural design but as we can see here the arches are even more pointed than the cathedrals of long time ago.
Some more Gothic inspired architecture designs:
- As we can see in these pictures the dark colours completed to be associated with Gothic style.
- The dark colours and the way the textiles are folded to look
the like the cathedral arches are clearly showing that this is inspired from
Gothic revival period.
Cathedral side table by Nabu Miake - It is a Contemporary table coming from Gothic inspirations. The legs of the table are inspired from Gothic cathedrals
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Westminster abbey (2013).History.[Online]. Available on: http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history
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Revival style 1830-1860.[Online] Available on: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/mid-19th_century_period/2386/gothic_revival_style/293443
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