单词 | puginesque |
释义 | Puginesqueadj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pugin's architectural style, or of his philosophy of art, design, and architecture; Gothic Revivalist.Pugin believed that the architecture of the Christian Middle Ages was superior to the architectural styles that succeeded it; he is known particularly for his work on the external detail and decorative internal fittings for the Houses of Parliament in London, designed by Sir Charles Barry. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Gothic revival Pugin1842 Puginesque1848 neo-Gothic1878 Victorian Gothic1910 steamboat Gothic1962 1848 [see Puginesquery n. at Derivatives]. 1852 Jrnl. Sacred Lit. Apr. 248 Models of fonts, and puginesque churches, alternating with guns and fishing-rods. 1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 210 In her ambition to be Puginesque, she made her husband's chancel look as if it had been decked by a mad haberdasher. 1864 Ecclesiologist 25 345 The general idea is Puginesque, the style Middle-Pointed. 1904 A. C. Benson Let. 5 Oct. in Upton Lett. (1905) 234 The roofs and towers of the big house—Puginesque Gothic, I must tell you—came in sight. 1961 E. Waugh Unconditional Surrender ii. iii. 72 The Catholic parish church is..a Puginesque structure erected..in the early 1860's. 1997 Evening Standard 23 Dec. 23/1 Your [Christmas] tree was a decorative statement, one that smacked of ceiling roses, decorative corbels, Puginesque wallpaper and a Dickens of a good time. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > Gothic > Gothic revival revival1806 churchwarden1821 American Gothic1836 Strawberry Hill1836 Gothic1841 Puginesquery1848 Gothic Revival1869 1848 C. Kingsley Yeast in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 286/1 When they talk Puginesquery, I stick my head on one side attentively, and ‘think the more’, like the lady's parrot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1848 |
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