Sir John Vanbrugh - Storyteller in Stone

Informationen zum Autor Vaughan Hart is Professor of the History of Architecture at the University of Bath. Klappentext This engaging and beautifully illustrated book looks at the remarkable life and work of Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)--by turns businessman, soldier, playwright, and (despite lacking either training or qualifications) the architect of some of the most important country houses of his era. Architectural historian Vaughan Hart examines Vanbrugh's surviving, destroyed, and unrealized buildings--among them Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace--outlining the contemporary political and social events that influenced their design and showing how these strikingly original buildings can be interpreted through reference to classical mythology, Renaissance fortifications, and medieval houses. Zusammenfassung Looks at the life and work of Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) - by turns businessman! soldier! playwright! and (despite lacking either training or qualifications) the architect of some of the important country houses of his era. This text examines Vanbrugh's buildings! among them Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace.

Product details

• Authors: Vaughan Hart, Hart Vaughan
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2008
• EAN: 9780300119299
• ISBN: 978-0-300-11929-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 286 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies; Paul Mellon Centre for Studies; Studies in British Art; The Association of Human Rights Institutes series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture