Architecture in England - 1848
7/9/24Thomas Rickman's book An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture from the Conquest to the Reformation, published in 1817, established the basic chronological classification and terminology that are still in widespread use for the different styles of English medieval ecclesiastical architecture[2]. The book ran through many editions and provided the basis of Rickman's public reputation[2].In the book, Rickman classified medieval architecture into the sequence he labelled "Norman", "Early English", "Decorated English" and "Perpendicular English"[2]. These names have remained in use to this day[2]. Rickman gained a remarkable knowledge of architecture through his extensive study of over 3,000 ecclesiastical buildings[2].While Rickman's churches showed more knowledge of the outward form of medieval Gothic architecture than its spirit, and were sometimes criticized as dull copies, he played an important part in reviving taste for medievalism, perhaps second only to Pugin[2]. Rickman's book was a milestone in the Gothic Revival and established him as a champion of Gothic architecture[5].Source: Perplexity.aiCurated by Gabrielle Ly
