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The ecclesiological gothic revival churches of Edward Brickell White322 views
Author
Rast, David Heber, Department of Architectural History, University of Virginia
Advisors
Wilson, Richard, AR-Arch History Dept, University of Virginia
Wiebenson, Dora, Department of Urban and Environmental Plannin, University of Virginia
Reilly, Lisa, AR-Arch History Dept, University of Virginia
Abstract
The architectural works of Edward Brickell White have fascinated me since I was a small boy. I initially knew his Market Hall and spire for St. Philip's Church, but eventually discovered his wide array of superb buildings in Charleston. I readily understood his classical revival structures, but his Gothic Revival Huguenot and Grace Churches puzzled me. Almost in a veritable sea of classicism these monuments stood out to me as cultural outposts of a movement not quite fully understood in the South. In the work of this thesis, I have attempted to move beyond the graces of Charleston, and discuss all churches by White in the Gothic Revival style advocated and propagated by nineteenth-century ecclesiologists.
Degree
MARH (Master of Architectural History)
Keywords
White, E. B. -- (Edward Brickell) -- 1806-1882; Gothic revival (Architecture) -- United States ; Church architecture -- United States; Architecture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Rast, David Heber. The ecclesiological gothic revival churches of Edward Brickell White. University of Virginia, Department of Architectural History, MARH (Master of Architectural History), 2022-08-18, https://doi.org/10.18130/v3-13r1-sg94.
