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Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic or Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters.
25 lis 2011 · Carpenter Gothic, sometimes also Carpenter's Gothic, is the term used for both ecclesiastical and domestic architecture of the 19th century wherein, through the medium of wood, elements of the Gothic Revival style were employed. Gothic Revival building occurred throughout Britain, the British Empire, and the United States.
5 maj 2022 · Gothic describes the dominant architectural style of medieval buildings in Europe between the mid-12th and the early 16th centuries. The famous west front of Wells Cathedral, Somerset, is an example of Gothic architecture. © Historic England Archive.
7 kwi 2023 · Reimagining aspects of Gothic architecture in wood, Carpenter Gothic style found a natural home in small community churches but was also prominent in many homes across the country.
Carpenter Gothic is an eclectic and naive use of the most superficial and obvious motifs of Gothic decoration. Turrets, spires, and pointed arches were applied, in many instances with abandon, and there was usually no logical relationship of ornamentation to the structure of the house.
13 mar 2023 · With the rise of antiquarian studies and a growing number of architects schooled in the Gothic style, the Revival grew in impetus and importance through the 19th century. Frivolous Gothick gave way to an archeologically informed style that characterized the work of Pugin and Viollet-le-Duc.
Richard Cromwell Carpenter (21 October 1812 – 27 March 1855) was an English architect. He is chiefly remembered as an ecclesiastical and tractarian architect working in the Gothic style.
