Edmund Blacket, Medievalism and the Gothic in the Colony
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ThesisThesis type
HonoursAuthor/s
van Gent, CelesteAbstract
Edmund Blacket (1817-83) was an English-born Gothic Revival architect. This thesis uses the
critical framework of medievalism to identify the function of multiple timeframes, real and
imagined, within the Gothic style. It traces Blacket’s youth sketching Gothic ruins in the ...
See moreEdmund Blacket (1817-83) was an English-born Gothic Revival architect. This thesis uses the critical framework of medievalism to identify the function of multiple timeframes, real and imagined, within the Gothic style. It traces Blacket’s youth sketching Gothic ruins in the Yorkshire countryside, his construction of quintessentially English churches in the Colony of New South Wales, and his grand designs for the University of Sydney’s first buildings. This journey shows how Blacket’s use of the Gothic style spoke at once to a romanticised medieval past and the fragmented colonial present, as well as anticipating the Colony’s future.
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See moreEdmund Blacket (1817-83) was an English-born Gothic Revival architect. This thesis uses the critical framework of medievalism to identify the function of multiple timeframes, real and imagined, within the Gothic style. It traces Blacket’s youth sketching Gothic ruins in the Yorkshire countryside, his construction of quintessentially English churches in the Colony of New South Wales, and his grand designs for the University of Sydney’s first buildings. This journey shows how Blacket’s use of the Gothic style spoke at once to a romanticised medieval past and the fragmented colonial present, as well as anticipating the Colony’s future.
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Date
2021-04-20Licence
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The author retains copyright of this thesis. It may only be used for the purposes of research and study. It must not be used for any other purposes and may not be transmitted or shared with others without prior permission.Faculty/School
Faculty of Arts and Social SciencesDepartment, Discipline or Centre
Department of HistoryShare