High Victorian Gothic
High Victorian Gothic was an eclectic architectural style and movement during the mid-late 19th century.[1] It is seen by architectural historians as either sub-style of the broader Gothic Revival style, or a separate style unto its own right.[2]
Promoted and derived from the works of architect and theorist John Ruskin, though it would eventually diverge, it is alternately referred to as Ruskinian Gothic.[1] It is characterized by the use of polychrome decoration, "use of varying texture", and Gothic details.[3] The Stick Style is sometimes consider the wooden manifestation of the High Victorian Gothic style.[4]
In the 1870s, the style became popular for civic, commercial, and religious architecture in the United States, though was uncommon for residential structures.[5] It was frequently used for what became the "Old Main" of various schools and universities in the late 19th century United States.[3]
[edit] Examples
- St. Pancras railway station, London, UK
- Gorton Monastery, Manchester, UK
- New Haven City Hall and County Courthouse, Connecticut, USA
- Hudson River State Hospital in New York, USA
- Memorial Hall (Harvard University), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- The Miller School of Albemarle, in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (1878-1884)
- Carey Baptist Church, Reading, England, 1867
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Wilson, Richard Guy (2002). Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont. Oxford University Press. pp. 516.
- ^ McAlester, p.198
- ^ a b Brownell, et. al., Charles (1992). Making of Virginia Architecture. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. pp. 300–301.
- ^ McAlester, Virginia & Lee, A Field Guide to American Houses, Alfred H. Knopf, New York 1984 p. 256
- ^ McAlester, p. 200
