Alexander Jackson Davis During the mid nineteenth century America, American renowned architect, Alexander Jackson Davis, began a new revival of architecture known as Gothic Revival. Gothic Revival is a style of architecture that used traditional styles of thirteenth century Gothic architecture such as; ornamented facades, high pitched roofs, and pointed arches to revive medieval architecture and applied to a modern time. Alexander Jackson Davis was one of the most successful and influential American architects in nineteenth century America, known for his picturesque Gothic Revival architecture.
Early Life In his youth, Alexander Jackson Davis was always intrigued by medieval architecture. Davis remembers drawing the highly ornamented wood and stone of …show more content…
Davis now practicing architecture on his own, devoted himself to the Gothic style.
Gothic Revival Gothic Revival is a style of architecture that developed in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. This style uses elements of medieval Gothic architecture from thirteenth century England and France. Traditional Gothic architecture had embellished ornamented facades, high-pitched roofs, finials, and pointed arches. Davis used these famous elements but applied them to a modern building, resulting in a Gothic Revival style. In the nineteenth century, Davis and his style of Gothic Revival architecture was in high demand. The beginning of Davis’s career started with a man named William Paulding, a previous congressman and mayor of New York City. He commissioned Davis to design his home in Tarrytown, New York. Davis created a beautiful Gothic style mansion. Being made of entirely of stone, this captured the castle experience of early Gothic architecture. Paulding’s mansion was embellished with high-pitched roofs that rose and fell at a perfect imbalance. On the west side a massive stained glass window made the
Early Life In his youth, Alexander Jackson Davis was always intrigued by medieval architecture. Davis remembers drawing the highly ornamented wood and stone of …show more content…
Davis now practicing architecture on his own, devoted himself to the Gothic style.
Gothic Revival Gothic Revival is a style of architecture that developed in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. This style uses elements of medieval Gothic architecture from thirteenth century England and France. Traditional Gothic architecture had embellished ornamented facades, high-pitched roofs, finials, and pointed arches. Davis used these famous elements but applied them to a modern building, resulting in a Gothic Revival style. In the nineteenth century, Davis and his style of Gothic Revival architecture was in high demand. The beginning of Davis’s career started with a man named William Paulding, a previous congressman and mayor of New York City. He commissioned Davis to design his home in Tarrytown, New York. Davis created a beautiful Gothic style mansion. Being made of entirely of stone, this captured the castle experience of early Gothic architecture. Paulding’s mansion was embellished with high-pitched roofs that rose and fell at a perfect imbalance. On the west side a massive stained glass window made the