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A New Narrative of Historical Styles in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Huits, ElisabethUniversity of Cambridge2023

For most of the twentieth century, historicism – understood here as the conscious use of forms and styles from the past – was seen as an outdated, reactionary, and backward mode of design. Closely associated with the architecture and decorative arts of the nineteenth century, it has led to an …

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