Term
| List the two most important Gothic Revival buildings constructed prior to 1812: |
|
Definition
a. Strawberry Hill
b. Fonthill Abbey |
|
|
Term
| The founder of the English Garden movement is usually considered to be |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| List two aspects of the English picturesque garden that were early breaks with Classicism |
|
Definition
1. Asymmetry
2. More natural landscapes, natural forms, and meandering paths |
|
|
Term
What was the nationalist reason for Great Britain to assume Gothic over Neoclassical Architecture in the first half
of the 19th Century? |
|
Definition
| Ignorance of the Gothic Ruins which allowed them to cast the Gothic style as true English roots and Protestant values |
|
|
Term
| Two ideas that became associated with the first period of the Gothic Revival in England were: |
|
Definition
1. Melancholy
2. Medieval values |
|
|
Term
The ______________________ was the principle building type that launched the first or picturesque phase of
the Gothic Revival. List two good examples of this phase of Gothic Revival: |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
It has been said the Batty Langleyʼs Gothic Architecture improved was his attempt to write the equivalent of
______________________ for Gothic Architecture. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| List two aspects of the English Picturesque landscape tradition: |
|
Definition
Ruins (triumph of time)
Nature=time vs. Man=manmade things that decay over time and become ruins |
|
|
