![]() ![]() ![]() The empire’s revival of the style would provide additional authenticity to British culture in the age of competitive European imperialism. At the same time, some artists and politicians interpreted a moral purity in the Gothic style that was used to further imperial pursuits. Some architects and historians admired medieval artisanship for its honesty and quality in the industrializing world. This nationalism extended to the art world, where men of great importance in England restored Gothic architecture to its former glory. During this time, European nations began to value their past and stake their current claims to greatness on their histories of ambitiousness. Architecture has been utilized for thousands of years to define eras, nations, cultures, and ideologies, and this understanding of the power of architecture was used to its full potential by the British Empire of the nineteenth century. ![]() While the Imperial Institute, touted by Tennyson, was all but demolished in 1965, the Neo-Gothic architectural form dominated the European skyline throughout the nineteenth century. What famed poet Alfred Lord Tennyson described as a “shape for eternity” and “Rich in Symbol” that will maintain its legacy for generations to come was a building in the style of the Gothic Revival. Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887 was a moment of high imperial sentiment that provided the context for the reveal of a plan to build an Imperial Institute of the United Kingdom, the Colonies and India. ![]()
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