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Mod Gothic? Medieval Architecture in the Modern Ages

Thursday 1st July, 2pm - 6.30pm and Friday 2nd July, 2pm - 6.30pm

Scholars have long recognised the close connections between Gothic revival, restoration and architectural history in the nineteenth century. But how did personal, institutional and political circumstances shape understanding of medieval architecture in the twentieth century? In tribute to the extraordinary scholarship and teaching of Peter Kidson (1925-2019) and Paul Crossley (1945-2019), speakers at this online conference consider the personalities, technologies and geographies that determined how medieval architecture was studied and taught after 1945. ‘Each age builds its own Gothic cathedral’, wrote Paul Crossley: what did the Modern Ages make of the Middle Ages?

The full programme and paper abstracts can be found here: https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/events/mod-gothic-medieval-architecture-in-the-modern-ages/