Altar wtith Shrine
1846
Augustus Pugin, the architectural rockstar behind the Gothic Revival look of the Houses of Parliament, went all out with this vibrant altar design. Bursting with jewel-tone reds and blues, this 1846 illustration showcases his obsession with medieval aesthetics, featuring a 'Super Altar' decked out in silver and enamel flanked by saints. Pugin believed Gothic architecture was the only morally correct style, so every detail here—from the Latin inscriptions praising the cross to the intricate shrine beneath—is a sermon in visual form. The print itself is a chromolithograph, a cutting-edge color printing technique of the Victorian era that allowed these lavish designs to be mass-produced.
- Technique
- Chromolithograph
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