The Gothic Revival

by Chris Brooks and Phil Baines

Book Overview

At the height of the Victorian period, a passion for the Gothic style swept England and spread far beyond. Gothic architecture, associated with the social and cultural ideals of the Middle Ages, was seen as a means of remaking the modern world. In this lucid exposition, Chris Brooks unravels the layers of meaning that Gothic held for its many reinventors, from the political uses of Gothic history in the seventeenth century to Barry and Pugin's Houses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714834807
• ISBN13: 9780714834801
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.6"