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 | | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | | by Ferdine, May 15, 2008 | | Art Nouveau spread throughout Europe and America in the late nineteenth century. In terms of Britain, the most important figure is Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), whose work can be classed as Art Nouveau, but he was really more individual and unique. He was the most avant-garde designer in Britain. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 26 |
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 | | Art Nouveau | | by Ferdine, May 15, 2008 | | Art Nouveau was a decorative style that spread all over Europe in the late 19th century. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 26 |
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 | | Revivalism in Architecture | | by Ferdine, May 14, 2008 | | The phenomenon of revivalism in architecture. Basically revivalism is the practice of using styles from the past, but it can also be a case of using the image of the past for specific purposes. As we’ll see, designers have used the past for definite agendas, whether social, political or cultural. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 27 |
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 | | High Victorian Gothic Architecture | | by Ferdine, May 14, 2008 | | By the 1850s, the Gothic Revival had entered a new phase, which we call High Victorian Gothic. Architects began to explore French and Italian Gothic, which were very different from British forms. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 11 |
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 | | Neo-Classical Architecture | | by Ferdine, May 14, 2008 | | Architecture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was dominated by the phenomenon of revivalism, the practice of using styles from the past. The two major forms of revivalism were the Gothic Revival and Neo-Classicism, which became locked in a vigorous debate known as the ‘Battle of the Styles’. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 25 |
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 | | Victorian Architecture | | by Ferdine, May 14, 2008 | | The Victorian era lasted from 1837 to 1901. During this period Britain became the richest and most powerful country in the world, but Victorian design was dominated by revivalism – it never shook off the influence of the past. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 18 |
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 | | The Gothic Revival | | by Ferdine, May 14, 2008 | | The Gothic Revival was a major social and cultural movement that transformed Britain during the nineteenth century. The architecture was based on a resurrection of the Gothic style of the Middle Ages. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 15 |
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 | | The Greek Revival in Architecture | | by Ferdine, Mar 5, 2008 | | The Greek Revival began in the 1750s but did not reach its peak until the 1820s. Its inception was a slow process which required three main impulses to establish it as a mainstream Georgian style. These were the theories of Laugier, archaeology, and Romanticism. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 32 |
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