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THE BUILDING OF CASTLE HOWARD - Charles S. Smith - 1990 FE - NF/NF COPY
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 1990
- Book Title
- The Building of Castle Howard
- ISBN
- 9780226764030
- Subject Area
- Architecture
- Publication Name
- Building of Castle Howard
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 7.2 in
- Subject
- Buildings / Residential, History / Romanticism
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 29.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226764036
ISBN-13
9780226764030
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89863
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Building of Castle Howard
Publication Year
1990
Subject
Buildings / Residential, History / Romanticism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Architecture
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
29.9 Oz
Item Length
7.2 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
89-052015
Dewey Edition
20
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
942.846
Table Of Content
Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Patron Early Life Family Origins Political Career Court Architecture Taste Formation Cultural Geography 2. The Architect Architectural Commission Visual Sources Early Projects Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor Design Analysis 3. The House Building Construction Sources of Income Financial Difficulties Economic Implications 4. The Interior Textile Furnishings Painted Decoration Iconographic Interpretations Furniture and Fittings Life Style 5. The Garden Early Planting Raywood Rediviva Estate Improvement Architectural Parterre Garden Buildings Landscape Interpretation Literary Classicism 6. The Mausoleum Original Idea Rational Theology Classical Antecedents Burlingtonians Intervention Aesthetic Result Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index
Synopsis
This book is the first complete study of the circumstances which led to the building of Castle Howard, one of the greatest and best-known English country houses. It describes how and why Charles Howard, third earl of Carlisle, decided to build it; how the architect Sir John Vanbrugh received his first commission; how the building was paid for and where the money came from; what the original interiors looked like; how the gardens and park were laid out; and the decision taken to build the first classical mausoleum in England, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. It relates the physical appearance of the architecture to the hopes, desires and personalities of those involved in the building and makes it possible to look at the house in the way that it was intended to be seen by visitors in the eighteenth century. "The Building of Castle Howard "should appeal to anyone who is interested in eighteenth-century architecture, in the history of gardens, in country houses, and in a historical detective story of a house which Sir John Vanbrugh was determined should be 'the top seat and garden of England.', This book is the first complete study of the circumstances which led to the building of Castle Howard, one of the greatest and best-known English country houses. It describes how and why Charles Howard, third earl of Carlisle, decided to build it; how the architect Sir John Vanbrugh received his first commission; how the building was paid for and where the money came from; what the original interiors looked like; how the gardens and park were laid out; and the decision taken to build the first classical mausoleum in England, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. It relates the physical appearance of the architecture to the hopes, desires and personalities of those involved in the building and makes it possible to look at the house in the way that it was intended to be seen by visitors in the eighteenth century. The Building of Castle Howard should appeal to anyone who is interested in eighteenth-century architecture, in the history of gardens, in country houses, and in a historical detective story of a house which Sir John Vanbrugh was determined should be 'the top seat and garden of England.'
LC Classification Number
NA7625.C26S28 1990
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