A highly readable and absorbing account of America n and British Gothic churches, cathedrals, private dwellings, university buildings, govt offices, rai l terminals.
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A highly readable and absorbing account of America n and British Gothic churches, cathedrals, private dwellings, university buildings, govt offices, rai l terminals.
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VG-(Bottom left corners may be very slightly bent) Color pictorial wraps; 95 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw figures. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name at the Yale University Art Gallery; Includes two essays, "A Gothic Renaissance in Modern Britain" by Derek D. Churchill and "Making A Point: Gothic Revival Architecture in America" by Susan B. Matheson.
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New. 0894670908. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY-AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, WHY WAIT? --96 pp., hundreds of black-and-white and color illus. -Catalogue for the exhibition, organized by Susan B. Matheson, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery (April 4-July 30, 2000), with essays by Matheson and Derek D. Churchill. -This catalogue focuses on the mid-nineteenth-century Gothic Revival in British and American architecture. Churchill tracks the movement's ascendancy in England, where adherents strove to prove that the Middle Ages were not the Dark Ages, but rather a Golden Age. Matheson explores social and historical issues raised by the revitalization in churches, college campuses, and homes in the northeastern United States. Ample photographs and plans reveal the many facets of Gothic. --with a bonus offer--