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The Gothic Revival
by Brooks, Chris
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0714834807
- ISBN 13
- 9780714834801
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Phaidon Press, 1999) 0 7148 3480 7. 220 x 160 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 447; lavishly illustrated in colour and monochrome. Slight bump to tail of spine; previous owner's discreet book label to first page. Near fine condition. "At the height of the Victorian period, a passion for the Gothic style swept England and spread far beyond. Gothic architecture, associated with the social and cultural ideals of the Middle Ages, was seen as a means of remaking the modern world. In this lucid exposition, Chris Brooks unravels the layers of meaning that Gothic held for its many reinventors - from the political uses of Gothic history in the seventeenth century to Barry and Pugin's Houses of Parliament in the mid-nineteenth. Yet Gothic is not just buildings: continually recreated, it has taken the form of poetry and fiction, of painting and sculpture, of movies and video games, of Gothic music and Gothic punk. Gothic became a dominant cultural and architectural force not only in nineteenth-century Britain, but across Europe, in the United States, and in the countries of the British Empire. It is still pervasive. This is the first book to deal comprehensively with the whole scope of the Gothic Revival." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4126
- Title
- The Gothic Revival
- Author
- Brooks, Chris
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0714834807
- ISBN 13
- 9780714834801
- Publisher
- (London: Phaidon Press, 1999) 0 7148 3480 7
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1999-06
- Keywords
- Gothic Revival. Gothic architecture. Cultural movements. A. N. W. Pugin. Church architecture Architecture and Decor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture and Decor;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.