The Gothic Revival

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Thames & Hudson, 2002 - Architecture - 208 pages
"It is the unique merit of The Gothic Revival that it gives as much attention to the ideas that gave Gothic architecture its emotional and intellectual power as it does to its great monuments. The eighteenth century admired the Gothic for its sense of decay and melancholy; the nineteenth century first cherished its religious piety, then its superb engineering.

About the author (2002)

Michael J. Lewis is the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art History, Williams College.

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