Gothic Style
Gothic Style
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Five Stars This is a wonderful book for anyone interested in the Gothic Revival. Five Stars BEVERLY M. Nice!. "The architects that lived in those years were brillant." according to A Customer. Everyone that loves Architecture will admire this work. Know the past to make a better future.
Book by Mahoney, Kathleen
Individual chapters provide a brief history of each example and include information regarding the site's present condition and availability for viewing. William Huchting. From Booklist The revival of Gothic style, which began in the eighteenth century, has been associated with a range of rationales that run from striking horror to reaching for the heavens. since the Civil War. Mahoney, senior editor for House Beautiful, has produced an impressively illustrated survey of the Gothic style that starts with examples from the English landscape garden and ends with the "transformation" of Gothic in the U.S. Mahoney vividly describes the personalities of notable architects and designers, and her analysis is attuned to the irony inherent in this incredibly varied and sometimes complex aesthetic