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