J.L. Petit: Britain's Lost Pre-Impressionist
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1h 13m
We look into the long-lost history of John Louis Petit (1801-68), who was famous in the mid-19th century for both for his architectural writing and for his unusual impressionistic art. In architecture he had a significant influence, where architects felt able to vary from ecclesiologist prescriptions, but himself built only one church, Caerdeon in North Wales. In art, however, his legacy is wonderful, and Philip today positions Petit as Europe’s greatest painter of medieval churches.
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