The Englishness of Gothic: Theories and Interpretations from William Gilpin to J. H. Parker

Bradley, Simon

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“…This, in turn, could be used to establish a history of its structural developmentfor example, vaulted ceilings and pointed arches solved the problem of creating uniform height across irregularly shaped rooms and interior spaces. 53 Like the rediscovery of ruins in Greece and the Levant, a chronology of Gothic architecture depended on identifying the significance of parts separated from an original whole. Essex wrote:…”

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Bricks and Antiquarianism: Masonry and Historical Method in the Historical Sciences

Ksiazkiewicz¹

2020

J Eighteenth Century Stud

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The role of sentiment in narratives generated by antiquarians, dilettanti and geologists in late eighteenth‐century Britain features as a significant force in the development of the historical sciences. During the fieldwork for and subsequent publication of The Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca (1807), by Sir William Gell (1777‐1836), and A Description of the Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phenomena of the Isle of Wight (1816), by his colleague Sir Henry Charles Englefield (c.1752‐1822), the role of association and sentiment makes visible the ruins of everyday‐type architectures and geological processes, and demonstrates tensions between human‐made and natural artefacts.

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Section: First Principlesmentioning

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Bricks and Antiquarianism: Masonry and Historical Method in the Historical Sciences

Ksiazkiewicz¹

2020

J Eighteenth Century Stud

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“…27 Gothic forms symbolised Englishness, in that their distinctive aesthetic made an overt, and profoundly national, statement on the landscape, and during the 1840s both architectural societies actively advocated the use of English medieval forms. 28 The style also responded to growing concerns over ritual and liturgical reforms, aimed at reflecting Catholic practices more fully, which were becoming new directions in High Anglican theology. 29 Thus, by supplying plans and assistance abroad, organisations such as the Ecclesiological Society assisted in the growth of an overtly imperial and modern-orientated approach to ecclesiastical construction.…”

Section: The Cms Native Agency and The Gothic Revivalmentioning

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The Church Missionary Society and Architecture in the Mission Field: Evangelical Anglican Perspectives on Church Building Abroad, c. 1850-1900

Turner¹

2015

Architectural History

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The Gothic Revival occupies a central place in the architectural development of the Church of England in the nineteenth century, both at home and abroad. Within the expanding British colonial world, in particular, the neo-Gothic church became a centrally important expression of both faith and identity throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. From a symbolic and communicative perspective, the style represented not only a visual link to Britain, but also the fundamental expression of the Church of England as an institution and of the culture of Englishness. As such, it carried with it a wide range of cultural implications that suited the needs of settler communities wishing to re-established their identity abroad. Expansion during this period, however, was not only limited to the growth of settler communities but was also reflected in growing Anglican missions to the non-Christian peoples of annexed territories. The two primary organs of the Church of England in the field, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG) and the Church Missionary Society (CMS), actively employed the revived medieval style throughout the Empire as missions were solidified through infrastructure development. As a popular style with direct connotations to the Christian faith, revived medieval design became increasingly popular with Anglican missionaries abroad in the period between the early 1840s and the end of the century. Not only did its origins in ecclesiastical buildings make it attractive, but it was also stylistically distinctive, and set apart as a sacred style from both secular and ‘heathen’ structures.

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“…The ornamentation on the schools makes use of elements of the neo-Gothic and neoclassical genres, revivals of earlier architectural styles that were fashionable in British late Georgian architecture of the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries (Pevsner 1964, 358). In the nineteenth century, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival ‘drew strength from a generally patriotic attitude to the past’ expressing a belief that medieval Gothic had its roots in England and hence the English were heirs to the revival of that style (Bradley 2002, 325). By the 1820s, neo-Gothic architecture was also becoming a strong expression of conservative Christian style, as seen in the later works of Augustus Pugin and the Cambridge Camden Society (Borg 2001, 83).…”

Section: The Schools and The Imperial Landscape Of Cerigomentioning

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British Lancastrian Schools of Nineteenth-Century Kythera

Harlan

2011

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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The island of Kythera (Cerigo) has many well-preserved structures dating from the British protectorate (-): the most striking of these are several stone-built school buildings constructed in -. Education in these schools was based on a British system, informed by evangelical religious principles that had gained popularity in England in the late eighteenth century, and known as the Lancastrian system after its founder, Joseph Lancaster. Using unpublished archival sources in both Britain and Kythera, this article focuses primarily on the colonial educational system on Cerigo, as embodied in the school buildings. The Cerigo schools are set in the context of socio-political events and ideas in the early nineteenth century: the phenomenon of the Lancastrian school movement, the impact of Protestant missions in the Mediterranean and the colonial initiative of public education in the Ionian Islands. The relationship between the British (officials and missionaries) and the islanders in the establishment and the initial operation of the schools is illustrated by a detailed discussion of teachers, schoolbooks, the number of schools and students, and data regarding the construction of the school buildings. The manifestation of that relationship is shown in the physical form of the British-built school buildings and their placement in the landscape. While the creation of the Cerigo schools may be viewed as a microcosm of British colonial and missionary involvement in the Ionian Islands, it can be demonstrated that subsequent changes in the function of the schools in the Colonial period reflected an increasing alignment with the ideologies of the developing nation-state of Greece. 

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The Englishness of Gothic: Theories and Interpretations from William Gilpin to J. H. Parker

Cited by 12 publications

References 25 publications

Bricks and Antiquarianism: Masonry and Historical Method in the Historical Sciences

Bricks and Antiquarianism: Masonry and Historical Method in the Historical Sciences

The Church Missionary Society and Architecture in the Mission Field: Evangelical Anglican Perspectives on Church Building Abroad, c. 1850-1900

British Lancastrian Schools of Nineteenth-Century Kythera

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