Main entry:

Fisher, Michael J.

Title & Author:

'Gothic for ever' : A.W.N. Pugin, Lord Shrewsbury, and the rebuilding of catholic England / Michael Fisher.

Publication:

Reading : Spire Books, ©2012.

Description:

341 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-334) and index.
1. Pugin-land -- 2. Prest d'accomplir: the earl and the architect -- 3. Living the medieval dream: Pugin at Alton Towers -- 4. St Mary's, Uttoxeter: the first `True Principles' church -- 5. To heaven by Gothic: St John's, Alton, and Alton Castle -- 6. 'Pugin's Gem': St Giles', Cheadle -- 7. Community and controversy: St Wilfrid's, Cotton -- 8. Faith in the countryside: St Mary's, Brewood -- 9. After Pugin: new brooms and 'broom-stealers' -- 10. Prayer-Book Catholics: the Anglican connection -- 11. 'Gothic For Ever'.

Summary:

A.W.N. Pugin (1812-1852) was the foremost propagandist of the nineteenth-century Gothic Revival, whose aim was the restoration of the ancient splendours of the Catholic Church. Turning this vision into reality required a wealthy and influential patron, and Pugin found one in John Talbot (1787-1852), sixteenth earl of Shrewsbury and England's leading Catholic layman. Impressed by Pugin's talent and enthusiasm, and by his devotion to the Church, Lord Shrewsbury provided Pugin with the means and the opportunities he needed, in and around his ancestral Staffordshire estate - Alton Towers.The Pugin/Shrewsbury partnership was arguably the most successful and creative of its kind in Victorian Britain, drawing the attention of scholars, artists and architects from all over the conutry and from overseas.The buildings themselves, and the close relationship betwwen earl and architect, and their wider signifcance in the context of the Gothic and Catholic Revivala, are examinded in detail in this beautifully illustrated book which has been published to mark the 200th anniversary of Pugin's birth.

ISBN:

9781904965367
1904965369

Subject:

Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852.
Shrewsbury, John Talbot, Earl of, 1791-1852.
Pugin, Augustus W.
Shrewsbury, John T. of, 1791-1852.
Gothic revival (Architecture) England Staffordshire.
Architects and patrons England History 19th century.
Néo-gothique (Architecture) Angleterre Staffordshire.
Architectes et mécènes Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle.
Architects and patrons
Gothic revival (Architecture)
Architektur
Kirchenbau
Neugotik
Mäzenatentum.
Ausstattung.
Alton Towers (England) History 19th century.
England Alton Towers
England
England Staffordshire
Alton Towers
Staffordshire.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Gothic forever

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278744
Call No.: BIB 214394
Status: Available