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At the end of the Restoration (1814–1830) and during the Louis-Philippe period (1830-1848), Gothic Revival motifs start to appear in France, together with revivals of the Renaissance and of Rococo. During these two periods, the vogue for medieval things led craftsmen to adopt Gothic decorative motifs in their work, such as bell turrets ...
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Gothic House, Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, 1774 [citation needed] Friedrichswerdersche Kirche, Berlin, 1824–30; Castle in Kamenz (now Kamieniec Ząbkowicki in Poland), 1838–65 [citation needed] Burg Hohenzollern, 1850–67; Completion of Cologne Cathedral, 1842–80; New Town Hall, Munich, 1867–1909; St. Agnes, Cologne, 1896–1901
American Gothic is a 1930 oil on beaverwood painting by the American Regionalist artist Grant Wood. Depicting a Midwestern farmer and his daughter standing in front of their Carpenter Gothic style home, American Gothic is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century and is frequently referenced in popular culture.
Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk in Ostend (Belgium), built between 1899 and 1908. Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England.
The Gothic incarnations of the cathedral were built under Mindaugas, Władysław II Jagiełło, and Vytautas. The present structure includes portions from the Gothic iterations: the foundations (Mindaugas), the crypt (Jagiełło), and some walls and pillars (Vytautas). Vilnius Upper Castle Old Town, Vilnius: Also known as Gediminas Castle. Ruins.
In Gothic architecture, particularly in the later Gothic styles, they became the most visible and characteristic element, giving a sensation of verticality and pointing upward, like the spires. Gothic rib vaults covered the nave, and pointed arches were commonly used for the arcades, windows, doorways, in the tracery , and especially in the ...
Hart House at the University of Toronto, designed by Henry Sproatt. Gothic Revival architecture in Canada is an historically influential style, with many prominent examples. . The Gothic Revival style was imported to Canada from Britain and the United States in the early 19th century, and it rose to become the most popular style for major projects throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuri