Gothic Revival Design

Gothic revival began in England, Thanks to this period of time architectural cathedrals that we know today were built in their elegant way as we know today today as Gothic architecture. This movement influenced a lot of artists and was arguably the most influential movement. Many Gothic churches were built in the 19^th century. There were many people that were inspired by that era but among all Pugin stood out. Pugin was a leading figure in that time, the Gothic style replaced Classical styles in popularity. The Gothic revival period produced a lot of restoration to architecture especially in England, restorations were done from churches to banks, houses and city hall’s which without needed to be said Gothic style was the style everyone was looking for at that time.
Pugin had two rules to the perfection of design in architecture and they had a lot of influence on the arts and crafts people, they were ‘First that there should be no features about a building which are not necessary for convenience, construction or propriety.

Second, that all ornament should consist of the essential construction of the building.’ (Pugin and the Gothic Revival, N.D). Pugin designed furniture and also from his experience in architecture he produce stained glass, metalwork, textiles and also jewellery.

John Ruskin was an architectural critic he particularly attacked classical architecture. Ruskin liked Gothic architecture only because the architecture of free craftsmen unlike Classical architecture. ‘Savageness’ was a word used a lot to describe Gothic architecture, the meaning to this word following the Gothic architecture is the notion and natural imperfection and that was the influential thing after the arts and crafts movement. ‘Changefulness’ was also an important word which means that the design should be flexible and could change at any time this was also very important to arts and craftsmen. ‘From the Gothic revival we can see important influences on the Arts and Crafts Movement. First, the high value placed on craftsmanship creativity and the view that work should be meaningful in itself. Secondly the emphasis on creative design and importance of functional and purpose rather than decoration. Thirdly the integrity and honesty of construction, which relies upon the natural beauty of materials used in construction’ (Pugin and the Gothic Revival, N.D) These were principals that were very important to the era and what makes it unique and everyone should value our architectural values through the world that was produce in the Gothic Revival era.

Influences Gothic Revival has in our period of time: The period of the Gothic Revival had influenced us mostly on in the architectural aspect and we also gain from that era today, we have churches castles and more building that are based on the Gothic revival style of architecture and design.  One of the most visited places on earth is the city of London in London you find the famous building of the big ben which is a famous tourist attraction which is a perfect example of Gothic architecture that we gain from that era, today.

(Parliament building and the big ben in London)

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Realism By Clayton Falzon level 4 group X

Realism by Clayton Falzon level 4 group X

 Realism emerged in France in the mid 19th century, artist at that period of time they tried to capture everyday circumstances based on observation and that was what formed Realism. Also Realism art was very important to capture the realistic aspect in the artist’s painting. In literature writers also represented realism but unlike art itself literature was rarely self aware or critical. Some works in the Realist period was an echo of the earlier styles of past centuries. ‘Including Classical, Renaissance, Baroque and Romantic principals’, Some of the artists were feeling like they were breaking the principals of art.

Young women from the village (Gustave Courbet) This is an example of a painting in the Realism era . At that time artist’s tried to capture the everyday life in a painting with no edition to emotions and they try to put as detail as possible in their work. As you can see in this photo of the real painting it’s a mix of different lifestyles you can see the rich women gives money to the poor and that’s what’s representing the Realism aspect , In my opinion the artist lacked quality in producing the Realistic feel to the painting especially in the landscape. Artist Gustave Courbet

Self portrait Gustave Courbet was a French Realist artist, throughout his career he produced a serious of paintings of a high quality and making his way to a well know high caliber artist . Critics describe his painting but especially his figures were they thought they were ugly and they described they as ‘peasants in their Sunday best’. Gustave was a very arrogant person but still a very talented artist, he was well known for his creativity and rendering scenes from daily life and produce a Realistic outcome. His message throughout his work among the landscape paintings and figures he also tried to show the difference of classes in society mostly showing poverty.

Frants Henningsen was a Danish artist that his works shows similarities to Gustave Courbet, Frants Henningsen is an illustrator and professor and also and artist, The artwork of Frants show how difficult life was for a middle-class at the time his works show poverty and diversity between society classes. 1874 was the year he first exhibited his work and he exhibited a portrait, mostly you find portraits figures and landscapes of this artists work.Many of this artist work is still found popular and exhibited in museums one of his most popular art piece is named ‘A Funeral and was finished in 1883

Industricafeen (1906). Influences of Realism: After the World War I America needed authors to describe the effects the World War had left on society, The authors turned to certain periods in previous era’s that represented truthfulness to send the real message to society and what really happened at the first World War, Among certain era’s Realism was an inspiration to authors to describe and write to society to horrifying events that occur during the war.The Realist movement saw authors depict the difficulties of life, This is with what Realism influenced us with is that it is important to show and give importance to different society classes and also everyday problems and not trying to avoid any problems Realism was a period of time that being realistic in a way that sharing problems throughout art was an importance.Realists in America were looking at the truths of society and pointed out aspects that were true about the truth of existence.  


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The industrial revolution by Clayton Falzon level 4 Group X

The industrial revolution was the transition to new manufacturing process from the period between 1760 to the 1820’s and 1840.The industrial revolution began in Britain in the late 1700’s and continued later on to stretch to France, Germany and the United States.

The industrial revolution took a turn to mass production thanks to special purpose machinery that had advanced through the years thanks to craftsmen and ideologists.

During this period of time the world had seen a dramatic change in the way of manufacturing process,The industrial revolution had a huge impact on textiles and lots of advanced machinery (for that time) machines  were being  introduced into the market for faster and better manufacturing. For example thanks to the  invention of the spinning wheel and the loom, cotton was produced quicker and eventually replaced wool in the textile field.

On the negative note some people especially artisans were effected in this era machinery such as the spinning wheel to produce textiles, the wheel used to power machinery and the steam engine were invented and effected them in a way that these machines took practically their job. On the positive side there were always jobs  available for people, thanks to workplaces such as factories there was a demand for people to produce the material in the workshops.

At that time many people were forced to move out of their farms, there were loads of people that lead to end up in the cities to look for work, They ended up to move to cities that could not support them.In the industrial revolution the most important people were craftsmen and would make a lot of money from their inventions therefor in this period of time the world saw extreme changes in machinery that is still effecting us today all thanks to how big the step was at that time, It was a good time to live in because the transportation was expanding so there were a lot of money and electricity was effectively harnessed.

Soho house: The manufacturer produced a variety of goods, Originally the machinery was powered by James Watt he accomplished to re-develop the steam engine to speed up the production. In this house at that time there was a lot of money involved due to the development of production and decorative materials. Matthew Boulton was born in Birmingham  he started to work at a young age of only 17 years old with his father’s buckles and buttons business. In the 1760’s he moved to another area and expanded his father’s business an area just outside Birmingham. He moved there because there were a lot of lands to build from and and a stream for his water powered engine.

Influences that the Industrial Revolution brought: The Industrial Revolution had a huge impact on humans relationship with the environment, It also changed the lifestyle of humans. Thanks to the Industrial Revolution the society developed the ability to produce materials faster and also develop materials in a better finished way. The most astonishing evidence that the industrial revolution had impacted on modern life was population growth, in 7 centuries the world saw a human growth of a total 1 percent growth in total around the world, we are talking abut by the mid millennium AD the world had a population of 150-200 million people and in 2011 the population of the US only was of 312 million people.

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