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...care to visit them. Like the pleasures of the Gothick folly (exemplified in the building of Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire by the prince's vastly rich friend, William Beckford), this sort of ‘Chineseness’ bore witness to a rebellious undercurrent that ran counter to, and in parallel with, established Neoclassicism, although for the most part safely located outside the...

...care, or lack of it, to take studies from nature. Caravaggio's ‘mere copying’ put him at odds with the intellectual current in the classicising art of his colleagues. Bellori suggests that Caravaggio supplied an easy option for young artists who therefore lacked discipline in their practice and simply tried to outdo one another. These are powerful models for any...

...the loss of all that intervening handy-work, and the suggestion of past times and past care into those ancient medieval buildings. Whereas the most vigorous Gothic revival Victorian architect felt that what he was doing was delivering the same spirit of that original building, which is exactly what happened at Carcassonne as well. Interview with Jeremy Musson...Week 3: Art, nature and baselines: 5 Have your views changed?......