London and Budapest: A Tale of Two Parliaments
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József Sisa
JÓZSEF SISA studied English and art history at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. Since 1986 he has been at the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, serving as director between 2012 and 2016. His books includeThe Architecture of Historic Hungary (ed. with Dora Wiebenson, 1998),Lechner, a Creative Genius (2014),Motherland and Progress: Hungarian Architecture and Design 1800– 1900 (ed., 2016).
Abstract
The Houses of Parliament in London (1835–1860) and the Parliament in Budapest (1885– 1902) are related in many ways. It was due to former Prime Minister Gyula Andrássy’s personal commitment that a riverside site and the Neo-Gothic style were selected for the Hungarian edifice. While the New Palace of Westminster represents the late-medieval English variant of the Gothic style, its Hungarian counterpart is an amalgamation of various Gothic features marshalled into a heterogeneous synthesis. Inevitably the issue of a national style emerged, as well as the representation of royalty on the exterior and in the interior of the building. The Parliament in Budapest was meant tobe a national monument and project the (illusive) image of a Hungary on equal footing with the world’s major countries.
About the author
JÓZSEF SISA studied English and art history at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. Since 1986 he has been at the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, serving as director between 2012 and 2016. His books include The Architecture of Historic Hungary (ed. with Dora Wiebenson, 1998), Lechner, a Creative Genius (2014), Motherland and Progress: Hungarian Architecture and Design 1800– 1900 (ed., 2016).
Photo Credits: 1, 12, 21, 30 Hungarian Museum of Architecture, Budapest. — 2 Budapest History Museum, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest. — 3, 6, 10, 14–15, 18, 19, 23, 25–27, 35, 37–38 Office of the Hungarian Parliament, Budapest. — 4–5 Municipal Archives, Budapest. — 13 Hungarian National Museum, Budapest. — 24 Author. — 28–29 Wikimedia Commons. — 31 Budapest Technical University, Department of the History of Architecture and Protection of Monuments, Budapest.
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- Editorial
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- Kunstgeschichtliche Forschungspraxis in globalen Kontexten
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