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AHIS-2120 NSCAD UNIVERSITY EMMANUELLA SYMEONAKI GOTHIC REVIVAL Saint Patrick’s Church Halifax
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A H I S - 2 1 2 0 N S C A D U N I V E R S I T Y

E M M A N U E L L A S Y M E O N A K I

GOTHIC REVIVAL

Saint Patrick’s Church Halifax

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ST. PATRICK’SHalifax, NS

E M M A N U E L L A S Y M E O N A K I

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Class presentation

This essay and publication have been prepared as part of my final class

presentation.

The photos of St. Patrick’s Church in Halifax have been taken by myself with

the kind permission of the custodian during the Open House event on June 5th,

2016.

Emmanuella

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GOTHIC REVIVALSt. Patrick’s Church

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St. Patrick’s Church was built in the late

1800’s by Henry Peters and mass was

celebrated in the upper level of the church on

the 27th of December 1885 in front of an old

altar. St. Patricks Church, which is located at

2263 Brunswick street in Halifax, Nova Scotia,

was a Roman Catholic church and it has been

built in the Gothic Revival Style. A style revived

by Augustus Pugin1 (1812- 1852) who is

considered the pioneer of the revival style. He

was known for his ecclesiastic buildings and

specifically Catholic Cathedrals between 1841-1844 (Ramos) The Gothic Revival was

consequently forwarded by his rival

John Ruskin (1819 -1900). The style

was very popular in Great Britain,

Europe and the colonies, and

crossed the Atlantic around the

1880’s. In terms of style, the Gothic

Revival emerged as a counter to the

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Neoclassic and eclectic style of the early reign of Victoria which were seen as more pagan.

Pugin was known for “inject[ing] morality into architecture” (Crook 52,53).

Church is the true mechanics’ institute, the oldest and the best. She was the great and never

failing school in which the great artists of the day of faith were formed.Under her guidance

they directed the most wonderful efforts of her skill to the glory God...for without

such...talents are vain, and the greatest efforts of art sink to the level of an abomination.

(Frank 155)

St. Patrick’s pugian influence it is evident in the facade, the pointed arch windows,

the quatrefoils, but also in the elaborate interior. The nave and the two aisles have vaults

with pointed traverse arches and quadripartite ribs and the style it is typically English.

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The windows of the church are also in the typical Gothic Revival style although the

stained glass originally installed between 1898 and 1903 was replaced by the Bavarian Art

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Establishment of Franz Mayer & Co. in 1922.

The popularity of the Gothic Revival Style was undeniable and the desire to emulate

Pugin’s work is clearly visible in the comparison of some of the revival elements of St.

Patrick’s church in Halifax and St. Giles’ in Cheadle. Here the design repetition aims to put

order to chaos. Pugin’s ecclesiastic architecture become the means and font of inspiration

for a work that will reform design and reshape taste and St. Patrick’s Church in Halifax surely

speaks to that.

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Bibliography:

• Beed, Blair. Notes from the Collection of William Kelly. Saint Patricks’s Parish. Web <http://stpatricks.halifax.ns.ca/saint_patricks_church_history.html>. Accessed June 14, 2016.

• Crook, J. Mordaunt, "Pugin Created the Dilemma of Style." Web < www.victorianweb.org.> Accessed June 3, 2016

• Frank, Isabelle (Editor). The Theory of Decorative Art. Yale University. 2000 • Ramos, . AHIS 2120 Lectures. NSCAD University. May 2016.

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