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Exploring Gothic Revival Architecture: A Quiz

This quiz tests your knowledge on Gothic Revival architecture, covering key figures, historical events, and architectural details from the period.

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1 ________'s iconic interwar take on the idiom.

2 The illustrated catalogue for the ________ of 1851 is replete with gothic detail, from lacemaking and carpet designs to heavy machinery.

3 The Gothic Revival was paralleled and supported by ________, which had its roots in antiquarian concerns with survivals and curiosities.

4 But over the first half of the century, Neo-Gothic became supplanted by ________.

5 ________ of Canterbury, New Zealand imported the Gothic Revival style to New Zealand, and designed Gothic Revival churches in both wood and stone.

6 Frederick Thatcher in ________ designed wooden churches in the Gothic Revival style, eg Old St. Paul's, Wellington.

7 Because of ________ in the early 19th century, the Germans, French and English all claimed the original Gothic architecture of the 12th century as originating in their own country.

8 What does the following picture show?  Cast-iron gothic tracery supports a bridge by Calvert Vaux, Central Park, New York City   The upper chapel of the Sainte Chapelle, restored by Félix Duban in the 19th century   Saint Clotilde Basilica completed 1857, Paris   Vernacular Gothic Revival elements in a 1873 church of the Slavine Architectural School in Gavril Genovo, Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria

9 What does the following picture show?  Cast-iron gothic tracery supports a bridge by Calvert Vaux, Central Park, New York City   Jan Santini Aichel's Gothic-influenced Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk (1719–27), a World Heritage Site.   The House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster designed by A.W.N. Pugin   Cologne Cathedral, completed in 1880 (though construction started in 1248) with a façade 157 meters tall and a nave 43 meters tall.

10 ________ houses and small churches became common in North America and other places in the late nineteenth century.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Gothic Revival-style Jones House (pictured) is the second oldest brick house in Pontiac, Illinois.
  • in the 19th century, part of Wykeham Terrace (pictured)—a "charming Gothic confection" in Brighton—was used as an institution for reformed prostitutes.
  • the Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel (pictured) in Washington, D.C. has been described as a miniature Gothic gem.
  • the St. Philomena's Church (pictured) in the city of Mysore in India was built in Neo-Gothic style drawing inspiration from the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.
  • the interior of St. Sebastian's Catholic Church in Sebastian, Ohio (pictured) is distinguished by its Gothic Revival reredos.
  • Sedgeley, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1799 and built in Philadelphia, was the first Gothic revival-style house in the U.S..
  • Saint George's Church in Gavril Genovo, northwestern Bulgaria, features vernacular Gothic Revival details and "puzzling" archaic decoration.
  • Richard Upjohn's Gothic alterations to the Mandeville House, the oldest in Garrison, New York, were removed by a later owner.
  • Cheshire landowner Rowland Egerton-Warburton arranged for his house, Arley Hall, to be designed in Tudor style while the chapel was designed in Gothic style.
  • 11 Dyke Road, Brighton—latterly a nightclub with names such as Sloopy's, Fozzies, The Shrine and New Hero—was built in 1867 in an "inventive" Gothic style as a school for poor girls.
  • buildings in Kuala Lumpur have Mughal, Tudor, Neo-Gothic or Spanish architectural styles modified to use local resources and for the climate of Malaysia.
  • Belmont Castle, an 18th century neo-Gothic mansion near Grays in the English county of Essex, was demolished in 1943 to make way for a chalk quarry.
  • 24 people died digging Bramhope Tunnel, known for its eccentric Neo-Gothic portal.
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