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Englisch (Subject) / British Art & Identity (Lesson)
- How could you generally characterise the Victorian attitude to building? There was a building to solve every kind of problem: Lunatics --> asylumsick --> hospital etc.
- What was the role of WN Pugin in the Victorian context? british author and architect gothic revival got rid of classisism and brought back the gothic because it was worthy of a christian country
- How and why did the social revolution of the 19th c. happen? What does Saltaire represent? Saltaire was the model community fo workers (factory, work for 3000, service alleys, good hygiene, church, school, village hall, retirement house; no pubs education for the poor sanitary conditions improved even the poor could benefit from the progress and ecnomoic well-being
- Why was the Temperance Movement rather ridiculous and what was it? a social movement against the consumption of alcohol. fight against alcohol crisis;everyone went to a pub --> pubs without drinking alcohol
- What makes Renaissance different from the Middle Ages in terms of architecture and culture/arts in general? Renaissance (aesthetic values, visual) x Middle Ages: safety, warmth, dryness
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