Pugin: God’s Architect

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SSA011: Augustus Pugin was a 19th-century English Catholic artist and architect. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray discuss his enduring works in architecture, design, and art and how Catholicism both informed his work, but also affected him in the face of anti-Catholic bias.

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Links for this episode:

• Augustus Pugin, Contrasts: Or, A Parallel between the Noble Edifices of the Middle Ages and Corresponding Buildings of the Present Day (Cambridge Library Collection – Art and Architecture)
• Shrine of St Augustine 360° interactive virtual tour
• St Augustine’s – YouTube
• Pugin God´s Own Architect • BBC [MMXII] – YouTube

Slide references in the video

• Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin from NPG.jpg – Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
• Windsor castle table
• Sailboat sketch
• Contrasts (title pages)
• Contrasts
• The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, colloquially known as “Big Ben” – Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• Wall paper
• Pugin Drawing of Strawberries
• Dining chair, Speakers House Westminster
• Scarisbrick Hall in Lancashire – PC78, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• Banwell Castle – Tim Lethaby, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• St Giles Church – Michael D Beckwith, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
• Tile, 1845-1851, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin V&A Museum no. C.1A-1978
• Pugin’s home: The Grange – David Kemp
• Home and church
• St Augustine – Whn64, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• Lady Chapel altar drawing
• Cope Hood designed by Pugin – embroiders: Lonsdale, Tyler, and Mrs. Powell (origin London and Birmingham)
• The tomb of Augustus Pugin in St Augustine’s Church, Ramsgate – Tedster007, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• A.W.N. Pugin 1812-52, Painting by John Rogers Herbert. Oil painting. Date Created: 1845. Creator, John Rogers Herbert (1810-1890), painter

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