As Linda Osband demonstrates in this fact-filled volume, the Gothic Revival caught the fancy of many Victorians who sought refuge in supposedly simpler days. Picturesque castles and cathedrals with spiky towers, high-gabled roofs and medieval ornament provided just the escape needed from all the rigours and gritty reality of the industrial revolution. A celebration of one of the most exuberant styles of the period, Victorian Gothic House Style provides the ideal source of inspiration and reference for anyone wishing to re-create or preserve Gothic houses and interiors with style and confidence, by combining specially commissioned photographs and extensive source material from contemporary catalogues with informative and practical text. Accompanied by an historical appreciation of the period in architecture and interiors, as well as through its influential designers, there is practical information on re-creating the effect plus a comprehensive list of stockists and suppliers.
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Linda Osband has edited many books on a wide range of non-fiction subjects and has complied an anthology ofVictorian travellers, she is also the author of the successful Victorian House Style, also published by David & Charles. Linda lives in London.
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This review is from: Victorian Gothic House Style: An Architectural and Interior Design Source Book for Home Owners (Paperback)
This is a British book. Much of what it contains is late-Victorian "Reform" style, what we here in the States call "Eastlake," "Arts and Crafts," or "Craftsman" style. The reformer Morris did start out as a Gothicist, but his designs and ideals quickly blossomed into entirely new styles such as Art Nouveau. The British point of view here sees no real distinction between Gothic Revival style and Reform style. Whether this is helpful or confusing is up to the taste of the reader.
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Although the Gothic Revival began in the eighteenth century, it was not until the nineteenth century that the movement reached its zenith and Gothic architecture was championed as the most important aesthetic and philosophical style to adopt. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gothic Revival, Victorian Gothic, Great Exhibition, Middle Ages, Reformed Gothic, Household Taste, Cardiff Castle, Floriated Ornament, John Hardman, True Principles, United States, Gothic Reuiual, Houses of Parliament, John Ruskin, The Architecture of Country Houses, The Stones of Venice, Alton Towers, New York, Palace of Westminster, The Book of the Home, American Gothic, Holly Village, Langley Castle, Scarisbrick Hall, Silver-mounted Scent Bottles New!
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Although the Gothic Revival began in the eighteenth century, it was not until the nineteenth century that the movement reached its zenith and Gothic architecture was championed as the most important aesthetic and philosophical style to adopt. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gothic Revival, Victorian Gothic, Great Exhibition, Middle Ages, Reformed Gothic, Household Taste, Cardiff Castle, Floriated Ornament, John Hardman, True Principles, United States, Gothic Reuiual, Houses of Parliament, John Ruskin, The Architecture of Country Houses, The Stones of Venice, Alton Towers, New York, Palace of Westminster, The Book of the Home, American Gothic, Holly Village, Langley Castle, Scarisbrick Hall, Silver-mounted Scent Bottles New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Floriated Ornament by A. Welby Pugin on 6 pages
- The Architecture of Country Houses (Dover Architecture) by Andrew J. Downing on 6 pages
- The Stones Of Venice by John Ruskin on 4 pages
- The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones on page 123, page 130, and page 133
- Model Architect (Da Capo Press series in architecture and decorative art) by Samuel Sloan on page 17, page 41, and page 160
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