Symposium - The Gothic controversies in the East Midlands

Event information

The Symposium will explore the 19th century Gothic controversy in the East Midlands, and is organised in association with an exhibition of the paintings of John Louis Petit at the Rutland County Museum. Petit was one of the foremost writers and speakers on Church Architecture in the mid-19th Century, and one of very few standing against the re-introduction of 14th Century Gothic for new building or restoration, as prescribed by his opponents. Thgis symposium will draw on Petit’s work in the region and will consist of three keynote lectures and submitted contributions from both academic and independent historians. Further details can be found at https://profchrisbaker.com/john-louis-petit-an-introduction/j-l-petit-architectural-critic/