Architecture Unshackled 1790-1851

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Architecture Unshackled 1790-1851
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Panopticon, a type of prison building designed by
English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy
Bentham, 1791 "a new mode of obtaining power of
mind over mind, in a quantity hitherto without
example."
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Friedrich Gilly (German,1772-1800), design for a
monument to Frederick II, 1795-9, unrealized
Classical language foretold a modernism that
would not be fully realized until the supremacy
of an age of industry and mass production a
century later
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Sir John Soane, (left) Tivoli Corner, Bank of
England, London, watercolor by Joseph Gandy,
1803(right) A 19th century print showing the
rotunda at the Bank of England in London,
designed by Sir John Soane.
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John Nash, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, England
1815-23Orientalist
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John Nash, Royal Pavilion at Brighton, interior,
1815-23
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After the fire of 1834, the Houses of Parliament
(Palace of Westminster) were built over the next
30 years. They were the work of the architect Sir
Charles Barry (1795-1860) and A.W.N. Pugin
(1812-52). Gothic Revival. Pugin provided the
exterior and interior decoration, while Barry
designed the structure of the building.
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A.W.N. Pugin, House of Lords, Palace of
Westminster, London, 1835-56
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Wallpaper for the Palace of WestminsterA.W.N.Pug
in ,1847, England, color print from
woodblocksOne of more than a hundred papers
designed by Pugin for the Palace of Westminster.
It exemplifies Pugin's principles of pattern
design, combining rich colors with flat
formalised motifs. For Pugin, Gothic was the
pre-eminent style. He believed that All ornament
should consist of enrichment of the essential
construction of a building and for him only the
art and architecture of the Gothic period had
fulfilled these ideals. Text from Victoria
Albert Museum, London
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A.W.N. Pugin, Contrast in the same town, 1840 and
1440, from Contrasts, 1841
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John Nash, 1829-20, London, contemporary
photograph of Regent Street 'Royal Mile' to link
Regent's Park with St James Park. Designed by In
1848 Nash's arcade was demolished.
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Top Joseph Paxton, The Crystal Palace, Hyde
Park, London, 1851Bottom A. W. N Pugin, Houses
of Parliament, London, Gothic Revivalism, begun
1840
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Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton architect, Hyde
Park, London, England (then Sydenham), 1851,
moved 1852, burnt 1936
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Joseph Paxton, Crystal Palace, 1851
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Building the Crystal Palace with prefabricated
truss
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Building The Crystal Palace from prefabricated
iron parts
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Model of Crystal Palace construction
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Waiting for the Queen, Orientalist décor of
Crystal Palace, Illustration by Joseph Nash for
Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great
Exhibition of 1851
Ornamental cover for joints of girders
(disguising modernity)
Two Beefeaters on guard at the entrance to the
Crystal Palace, Hyde Park.
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Owen Joness scheme for the decoration of the
Great Exhibition building,1850Jones employed
primary colors blue, red and yellow to elevate
the building to the same standing as the Alhambra
and the Parthenon, where similar color schemes
were used. Fabric hangings from the iron
framework of the building are meant to evoke the
atmosphere of an Arabian bazaar.
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Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition of 1851
(interior of Crystal Palace)
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Silver table top sculpture shown in Great
Exhibition of 1851Victorian Orientalism
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Cartoon from Punch, British satirical magazine
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Crystal Palace science exhibit envelope machine
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Compare bed and new railroad cars exhibited at
Great Exhibition of 1851 (Crystal Palace)