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Parliamentary Gothic: The Art of History in Canada's Parliament Buildings
- Mosaic: an interdisciplinary critical journal
- Mosaic, an interdisciplinary critical journal
- Volume 52, Number 3, September 2019
- pp. 137-160
- 10.1353/mos.2019.0031
- Article
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Abstract:
The art and architecture of Canada's Parliament Buildings form a set of living narratives about political power. The Gothic Revival exterior privileges a story of Anglo-European dominance, but inside, that story is slowly changing to reflect a more inclusive vision of the nation.