Clive Wainwright
 
Wainwright, Clive
Wainwright, Clive
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Description: A. W. N. Pugin: Master of Gothic Revival
The catalogue is arranged to follow the organization of the exhibition. The first part highlights Pugin’s early years and his growing passion for the integrity of medieval architecture and design...
PublisherBard Graduate Center
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.223-392
Description: A. W. N. Pugin: Master of Gothic Revival
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, whose ideas may seem at first glance to be rooted in the Middle Ages, was actually a child of the Industrial Revolution, sharing his generation’s enthusiasm for innovation and progress. By 1812, the year of his birth, every aspect of Britain’s manufacturing industry was undergoing a rapid transformation through the introduction of steam and water power,...
PublisherBard Graduate Center
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.161-175
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00252.009
Description: A. W. N. Pugin: Master of Gothic Revival
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin’s French ancestry gave him a special affinity for France. Despite the Napoleonic Wars, his father Auguste Charles Pugin, who had moved to London around 1792, kept in touch with several members of his family both in northern France and in Paris, the city of his birth. Sadly, A. W. N. Pugin’s diaries do not start until 1835, so the details of his early...
PublisherBard Graduate Center
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.63-77
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00252.005