Title The politics of the German Gothic revival : August Reichensperger / Michael J. Lewis

Published New York, N.Y. : Architectural History Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1993] ©1993

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Description ix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm Series [An Architectural History Foundation book] Architectural History Foundation books. Contents I. August Reichensperger: Background, Biography, and Political Philosophy -- II. August Reichensperger and Cologne Cathedral -- III. Die Christlich-Germanische Baukunst: Reichensperger's Campaign for Architectural Reform -- IV. English Inspiration -- V. The Shape of Reichensperger's Gothic -- VI. Building Gothic Society: Reichensperger in Berlin -- VII. "Better Rust than Whitewash": The Conscience of the Gothic Revival -- VIII. Reichensperger Triumphant: High Tide of the Gothic Revival -- IX. "Dignified Detachment": Architectural Politics in the German Empire Notes Series statement from jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-299) and index Subject Reichensperger, August, 1808-1895. Architects -- Germany -- Biography. Architecture and society -- Germany -- History -- 19th century. Gothic revival (Architecture) -- Germany. LC no. 92038723 ISBN 0262121778

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