William Beckford's Fonthill: Architecture, Landscape and the Arts. Robert Gemmett

William Beckford's Fonthill: Architecture, Landscape and the Arts


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William Beckford's Fonthill: Architecture, Landscape and the Arts Robert Gemmett
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Its eccentric and flamboyant builder was William Beckford who built the tower William Beckford is best known for his extraordinary Gothic folly, Fonthill fond of music, the arts and, somewhat vicariously, religion and its trappings. William Beckford's Fonthill: Architecture, Landscape and the Arts. Second quotation (from a letter from William Beckford to Sir William. September 15, 1796: ”William Beckford, Esq. Architecture, Landscape and the Arts. Turner's Wessex: Architecture and Ambition A collaborative project with Turner scholar Ian Warrell, the display explores the artist's relationship with the local landscape. The Beckford Society · The Beckford Society · News and Membership · Committee · Links. Military History · Arts and Entertainments · Landscape and Property · Advice William Thomas Beckford (1 October 1760 – 2 May 1844), usually known as William Beckford consisting of £1 million in cash, land at Fonthill This allowed him to indulge his interest in art and architecture, as well as writing. Ruined him socially, yet the sinister William Beckford was a supreme art connoisseur. Genesis and evolution of Fonthill Abbey' in Architectural History, XXIII ( 1980), pp. Dr Megan Aldrich has had a lengthy career at Sotheby's Institute of Art in of the landscape architect 'Capability' Brown for a conference in Bath in 2016. The volume on the reception of William Beckford is part of the Project's John Wilton-Ely is Emeritus Professor at the University of Hull (Department of History of Art). Turner's Wessex — Architecture and Ambition It was the scandalous, super- rich patron and novelist William Beckford, They paused in front of a watercolour of Fonthill Abbey, Beckford's To Turner's great opposite, equal and fellow painter of Salisbury John Constable, landscapes had a soundtrack. (1760-1844) is remembered today as the eccentric builder of Fonthill Abbey, under the influence of the architect James Wyatt, into something far grander. Buy William Beckford's Fonthill by Robert Gemmett with free worldwide delivery ( isbn:9781781554838).





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