03 — ARTWORK
Interior view
- MEDIUM
- Photo
- TYPE
- Interior
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COMMENTARY
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One of the most successful architects of the time was James Wyatt. His last Gothic RevivalArchitectural style that drew its inspiration from medieval architecture and competed with the Neoclassical revivals in the United States and Great Britain. Only isolated examples of the style are to be found on the Continent. The earliest documented example of the revived use of Gothic architectural elements is Strawberry Hill, the home of the English writer Horace Walpole. As in many of the early Gothic Revival buildings, the Gothic was used here for its picturesque and romantic qualities without regard for its structural possibilities or original function. Another early example of the tendency toward ornamentation and decoration was Fonthill Abbey, designed by James Wyatt, a country house with a tower 82 metres high. Nothing could more clearly illustrate both the impracticality of usage and the romantic associations with medieval life. The earliest manifestations of an interest in the medieval era were in the private domain, but by the 1820s public buildings in England were also being designed in the Gothic mode. Perhaps no example is more familiar than the new Houses of Parliament (1840), designed by Sir Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin. In that large cluster of buildings, the haphazard picturesque quality of the early revival was replaced by a more conscientious adaptation of the medieval English style. Other structures built around mid-century were within this basic pattern. Later, the desire for more elegant and sumptuous landmarks created the last flowering of the style. country house at Ashridge is a perfect example of the Castle Style. The large central tower of the spacious building is completely occupied by a stairwell, which is open through the full height of the tower and enclosed by a fan vaultan English form of vault in which ribs spread out from their corbels to form a fan-like design. The ribs are decorative rather than structural, each fan being a solid semi-cone with concave sides.. In this building, an overwhelming effect was sought, prompted by the crossingthe area of a church where the nave is intersected by the transept. towers of medieval cathedrals.
The photo shows the vaulting of the stair tower.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Interior view by WYATT, James},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-12},
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