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Gothic Survival architecture (German: Nachgotik, Italian: gotico postumo) refers to the continued use of Gothic motifs and forms following the Middle Ages in Renaissance and Baroque architecture. Examples were built from the end of the Middle Ages into the eighteenth century, and the Gothic remained a living tradition throughout that time. It is distinguished from Late Gothic, which in some regions lasted along side later styles, and from Neogothic, which is a conscious copying of mediaeval Gothic buildings.

Gothic Survival, Revival, and Late Gothic

Late Gothic continued as a living style long after the Middle Ages came to a close, especially on the British Isles, and in Bohemia, Germany, Poland, and other associated areas. It was primarily used in religious and educational buildings. Sometimes such buildings are also termed "Gothic Survival" in English, although the

Examples

Czechia

• Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk, Žďár nad Sázavou

France

• Orléans Cathedral, Orléans — specifically the parts rebuilt after the French Wars of Religion (1601–1829)
• Saint-Eustache, Paris (1532–1640)

Germany

• St. Mariä Himmelfahrtskirche, Cologne

Italy

• Palazzo Morosini Brandolin, Venice

Russia

• German Church, Tilsit

United Kingdom

England

• Church of St Mary and St Andrew, Condover, Shropshire
• Church of the Holy Cross, Sherston, Wiltshire — the tower only (1730–3—by Thomas Sumsion)
• Church Without Dedication, Low Ham, Somerset
• Lincoln's Inn Chapel, London
• Peterhouse College Chapel, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
• St Dunstan-in-the-East, London
• Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Northern Ireland

• Cathedral of St Columb, Derry, County Londonderry

See also

Czech Baroque architecture#Baroque Gothic

External links

• https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/gothic-survival
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gothic_Survival_architecture