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单词 Gothic Revival
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Definition of Gothic Revival in English:

Gothic Revival

noun
  • The renewed popularity of the Gothic style of architecture towards the middle of the 19th century.

    the Gothic Revival was in its heyday between 1855 and 1885
    one hallmark of the Gothic Revival is the pointed arch
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the Gothic Revival could be seen as something of a rich man's plaything in the 18th century, it took on deep national seriousness in the early 19th century.
    • Their work may be seen in the larger European context of the growing Gothic Revival, the reaction against the classical taste, and the wider Romantic movement.
    • Designed by noted Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram and completed in 1928, the Princeton University Chapel is heavily used for weddings, musical performances, and commencements in addition to religious services.
    • The Gothic Revival, championed by Pugin, grew on the back of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament after the devastating the of 1834.
    • Adam's last major country house was Inveraray Castle, Argyll, begun in 1745 for the third duke of Argyll and when completed the first major manifestation of the Gothic revival.
    • The Gothic Revival of the Victorian period was another time of revelation and change.
    • While Morris's firm worked in historical styles, particularly the gothic revival, he was also a seminal figure in the emergence of the arts and crafts movement.
    • Upon most of the new secular building types and many city centres, the Gothic Revival made little impact.
    • John Ruskin (1819-1900) was also a great champion of the Gothic Revival.
    • Beyond England, the Gothic Revival had mixed fortunes.
    • Later in the century, the Gothic Revival, always more English than British, became associated with Romantic ideas of the Sublime and Picturesque.
adjective
  • Of or in a 19th-century style of architecture characterized by the revival of medieval Gothic forms.

    a Gothic Revival building
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Across the way, I could see the gothic revival spire of the magnificant Library of Parliament - a structure with precisely 16 equal sides.
    • He was once the head chorister in the towering 19th century Gothic revival cathedral.
    • The present church building, an outstanding example of Gothic Revival architecture, was designed by Frank Wills and Henry Dudley of New York.
    • Strawberry Hill is Britain's finest example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture and interior decoration.
    • Yesterday it emerged that he plans to purchase a four-storey Gothic revival house, complete with wine cellar, in one of London's most exclusive neighbourhoods.
    • Set in open countryside, the gothic revival stately home had five rooms available to hold a civil wedding.
    • England was the undisputed leader in the Gothic revival style, which was reflected in literature and other artistic disciplines.
    • It's a Gothic revival building, with gorgeous acoustics.
    • One of the earliest purchases was this magnificent 6 light, Gothic Revival brass candelabrum.
    • The rich appointments of the steamer included Gothic revival architectural tracery and stained-glass windows in the medieval style.

Derivatives

  • Gothic Revivalist

  • noun & adjective
    • With its unusual tiled walls and a glittering apse, St Paul's Cathedral is a masterpiece of Gothic revivalist architecture.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • No Gothic revivalist was more highly gifted, or better loved.
      • We sat in the ornate Victorian Gothic revivalist splendour of Bristol University's great hall.
      • The decoration was designed by the Gothic Revivalist Pugin.
      • He was articled to the Gothic Revivalist architect Edward Willson.
      • Gothic revivalists built in Early English, Decorated, Perpendicular and sometimes a combination of all three.
 
 

Definition of Gothic Revival in US English:

Gothic Revival

noun
  • The renewed popularity of the Gothic style of architecture towards the middle of the 19th century.

    the Gothic Revival was in its heyday between 1855 and 1885
    one hallmark of the Gothic Revival is the pointed arch
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their work may be seen in the larger European context of the growing Gothic Revival, the reaction against the classical taste, and the wider Romantic movement.
    • Later in the century, the Gothic Revival, always more English than British, became associated with Romantic ideas of the Sublime and Picturesque.
    • Beyond England, the Gothic Revival had mixed fortunes.
    • Upon most of the new secular building types and many city centres, the Gothic Revival made little impact.
    • Designed by noted Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram and completed in 1928, the Princeton University Chapel is heavily used for weddings, musical performances, and commencements in addition to religious services.
    • The Gothic Revival, championed by Pugin, grew on the back of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament after the devastating the of 1834.
    • Adam's last major country house was Inveraray Castle, Argyll, begun in 1745 for the third duke of Argyll and when completed the first major manifestation of the Gothic revival.
    • The Gothic Revival of the Victorian period was another time of revelation and change.
    • While Morris's firm worked in historical styles, particularly the gothic revival, he was also a seminal figure in the emergence of the arts and crafts movement.
    • If the Gothic Revival could be seen as something of a rich man's plaything in the 18th century, it took on deep national seriousness in the early 19th century.
    • John Ruskin (1819-1900) was also a great champion of the Gothic Revival.
adjective
  • Of or in a 19th-century style of architecture characterized by the revival of medieval Gothic forms.

    a Gothic Revival building
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Strawberry Hill is Britain's finest example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture and interior decoration.
    • The present church building, an outstanding example of Gothic Revival architecture, was designed by Frank Wills and Henry Dudley of New York.
    • The rich appointments of the steamer included Gothic revival architectural tracery and stained-glass windows in the medieval style.
    • Set in open countryside, the gothic revival stately home had five rooms available to hold a civil wedding.
    • Yesterday it emerged that he plans to purchase a four-storey Gothic revival house, complete with wine cellar, in one of London's most exclusive neighbourhoods.
    • He was once the head chorister in the towering 19th century Gothic revival cathedral.
    • Across the way, I could see the gothic revival spire of the magnificant Library of Parliament - a structure with precisely 16 equal sides.
    • One of the earliest purchases was this magnificent 6 light, Gothic Revival brass candelabrum.
    • England was the undisputed leader in the Gothic revival style, which was reflected in literature and other artistic disciplines.
    • It's a Gothic revival building, with gorgeous acoustics.
 
 
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