"Without doubt, Our Lady of Chartres is still a majestic and sublime edifice. But for all the beauty she has maintained with age, it is difficult not to sigh with indignation before the damage and countless mutilations to which men have subjected the venerable monument." (Thus spake Victor Hugo)
Read MoreIn the second installment of the series, we visit Nativity of Mary in High Hill, the grande dame of the Central Texas Painted Churches to explore how decorative painting may be integral ornament.
Read MoreAfter questioning polemics in Part 3, we now turn to the principles which are the true essence of Pugin's texts. Pugin only listed two principles, so this is an attempt to enumerate the remaining principles with attention to how they apply in increasingly complex contexts.
Read MoreThe third installment of this bicentenary series explores the categorization of Pugin's work as polemical and its relationship to contemporary polemics as an argument for an openness to his continued influence.
Read MoreOn the Propriety of Gothic Revival for Contemporary Worship Patterns, or, The Dream of the 1890s is Alive in Portland. Wherein we examine the basis for Pugin's arguments, the relationship between formal building expression and formal worship expression, and three examples of contemporary worship occurring in Gothic Revival buildings.
Read MoreThe first in a year-long series of articles examining the work and influence of AWN Pugin to celebrate his 200th anniversary of his birth.
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