What was Pugin’s critique primarily focused on?
Modern Art
Victorian society
Industrial revolution
Gothic Revival
Answer
Pugin was a strong critic of the Gothic Revival style, which he believed was a superficial imitation of medieval architecture that lacked the true spirit and principles of the original Gothic style. He argued that the Gothic Revival style was too focused on creating picturesque and visually pleasing buildings, rather than on expressing the underlying structural and functional principles of Gothic architecture.
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