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Renaissance and Victorian Era Architecture Italianate is an architectural style in the Neo-Renaissance age of 1860-1901. Many thought that this style was the ‘cream of the cake’ and has been for historians of the Commonwealth of the British Empire of 1997-now. Italianate is the evolved version of the Gothic (see page 2) style of architecture of the 16th - 18th centauries and the father of religious architecture of the time. The Italianate style was first developed in Britain about 1802 by John Nash, with the construction of Cronkhill in Shropshire. The house is one of the first sites of Italianate architecture in Great Britain. Cronkhill was a small country house in Shropshire, near Shrewsbury, England. More buildings like this home started to spring up like rabbits jumping out of holes thousands of times over. Queen Victoria started a revolution in architecture and industry across the Empire. Some of the places affected where India, the Americas (note: the Americas liberated from the empire in the 17th century) Ireland, Scotland, Hong Kong, Japan, Egypt, Libya etc. Some of the last places to be affected where the South-East Asian areas, such as Indonesia, Solomon islands, Norfolk isle, New Zealand and Australia. Australia had a very weak hold of the ‘hot’ stuff of the “Modern World”. Not many Italianate or Gothic structures where erected around South Australia, South-Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. Gothic is a unique style of architecture of the late medieval ages of 1200-1600 estimated. Gothic Architecture is popularly used in France and neighbouring countries as Catholic Churches and Cathedrals. Gothic was a peculiar style of art of the late Renaissance age and was farther of many newer styles, like Italianate (see page 1). Gothic style evolved from Romanesque architecture in 1550-1600 in France. It was known as ‘The French Style’ at the time, with the term Gothic first appearing during the latter part of the Renaissance era as a stylistic insult. Many signature parts include the gargoyle, the pointed arch and the flying buttress. Some famous Gothic buildings include Note Dame de Paris, The British Empire Parliament House, commonly referred to as Westminster Palace and the Clock Tower known as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Winsor Castle (note: the Gothic part of the fort is an add on, not the actual building). Many Gothic buildings were destroyed in the Great Wars and demolished for newer buildings. Never the less, Gothic buildings are still around in the more European influenced areas, and are still plentiful. Queen Victoria was a woman of many words, she influenced the revolution in Architecture and Industrialisation all over the British Empire, her reign was one of the greatest and she helped make the modern world. Queen Victoria made a name for herself in the southern states of Australia by passed a law that the gold miners where to pay to mine gold from her land. No doubt the state of Victoria was named after her. Her influence was not readily evident in Australia as many of our early settlers, including builders and designers, had little choice in their career or place of work and little contact with improvements and changes that occurred in England. She spread the word of federation in the Empire and was one of the longest reigns in the late Renaissance era Gothic revival architecture became increasingly significant in the period, leading to the Battle of the Styles between Gothic and Classical ideals. Charles Barry's architecture for the new Palace of Westminster, which had been badly damaged in an 1834 fire, built in the medieval style of Westminster Hall, the surviving part of the building. It constructed a narrative of cultural continuity, set in opposition to the violent disjunctions of Revolutionary France, a comparison common to the period, as expressed in Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution: a History and Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. Gothic was also supported by the critic John Ruskin, who argued that it epitomized communal and inclusive social values, as opposed to Classicism, which he considered to epitomize mechanical standardization. In the case of my model’s demise, this is my replacement for it. It is my project now.