one of the greatest of the Victorian art-architects. He sought in his
work to escape from 19th-century industrialisation and the Neoclassical
architectural style and to re-establish the architectural and social
values of a utopian medieval England. He stands within the Gothic
Revival tradition, his works echoing the Pre-Raphaelites and heralding
the Arts and Crafts movement. His first major commission was Saint Fin
Barre's Cathedral, Cork, in 1863. Burges's most notable works are
Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch, both for John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd
Marquess of Bute. Other buildings include Gayhurst House, Knightshayes
Court, and St Mary's, Studley Royal. Many of his designs were never
executed or were subsequently demolished, and his plans for the
redecoration of the interior of St Paul's Cathedral were abandoned. He
also designed metalwork, sculpture, jewellery, furniture and stained
glass. Art Applied to Industry, a series of lectures he gave to the
Society of Arts in 1864, illustrates the breadth of his interests. The
revival of interest in Victorian art has led to a renewed appreciation
of Burges and his work.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burges>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1823:
U.S. President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, a
proclamation of opposition to European colonialism in the New World.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine>
1852:
On the one-year anniversary of his dissolution of the Second
French Republic, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte declared himself Emperor of
the French and took the name Napoleon III.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III>
1943:
World War II: The Luftwaffe conducted a surprise air raid on
Allied ships in Bari, Italy, sinking 18 ships and releasing one ship's
secret cargo of mustard gas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_raid_on_Bari>
1975:
The Pathet Lao overthrew the royalist government in Vientiane,
forcing King Savang Vatthana to abdicate, and established the Lao
People's Democratic Republic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos>
1988:
Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan, the first
woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bowk:
1. (Geordie) To belch, to burp.
2. (UK) To vomit.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bowk>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We're just a conceited naked ape, but in our minds we're some
"divine legend" and we see ourselves as some sort of god, seeing we can
decide what will live and what will die, what will be saved and what
will be destroyed, but honestly we're just a bunch of primates out of
control.
--Paul Watson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Watson>
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