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andreapalladio
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Of course, Westminster is a classical building clad in Gothik garb...
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building babel
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How so?
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adma
Guest
Strip away the pointed arches and tracery, and you get a typical rectilinear Italianate palace by Chuck "Johnny B. Goode" Barry. That's why the hardcore High Victorian Gothic Revivalists felt it to be "impure" and "primitive", Pugin's saving-grace detail notwithstanding.
Now imagine if G.G. Scott or G.E. Street (or, heck, our own Cumberland & Storm) did it a generation later...
Now imagine if G.G. Scott or G.E. Street (or, heck, our own Cumberland & Storm) did it a generation later...
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building babel
Guest
I misunderstood. I thought ap was still talking about Westminster Abbey - and had taken leave of his senses.
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andreapalladio
Guest
Oooh, sorry. I'd always refer to the Abbey as the Abbey, never Westminister, which I use as shorthand for the palace. Calling the Abbey Westminster inevitably leads to confusion with Westminster Cathedral.
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adma
Guest
I like the underdog; that's why I'll take Westminster Cathedral over the Abbey and the Palace...