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Article: The Gothic revival in England and America.(Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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Like nearly all stylistic reinterpretations, the Gothic revival movement started with architecture, and soon houses, churches, museums, hospitals, prisons, and other civic structures featured pointed arches, turrets, towers, and crenellations reminiscent of their medieval ancestors. These bold new exteriors required appropriate interiors, so architects and designers created everything from chairs and tables to drinking vessels and andirons in this flamboyant and romantic style. For a variety of reasons, the nineteenth-century eye precluded a slavish imitation of the medieval Gothic, and an imaginative new style soon suffused the cities and countryside of England, where the ...