'Gothic For Ever' A.W.N. Pugin, Lord Shrewsbury, and the Rebuilding of Catholic England
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…
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- ISBN: 978-1-904965-36-7
- EAN: 9781904965367
- Produktnummer: 12598009
- Verlag: Spire Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 342 S.
- Masse: H27.7 cm x B21.3 cm x D2.3 cm 1'406 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 1406
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