The Gothic Revival is a study in psychology as much as in history. The revival started in England, about a decade before the Industrial Revolution, but it really gained ground in the post-revolution world. It was seen as a return to the idealized piousness of the medieval world in the face of an increasingly consumer-based age. The style quickly spread from England to the rest of Europe and across the world.
The stricture of the revival varied drastically, from pointed arch windows integrated in an otherwise “modern” (for the times) building to full-blown Gothic cathedrals. This era also saw a renewed interest in the original Gothic structures, resulting in multiple remodeling projects. For instance, this was the era of Notre-Dame de Paris’s comeback.
The pictures are a snapshot of the Gothic Revival both side-by-side with original Gothic buildings & in places where Gothic buildings had never been built before.
