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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer
Author: Fonthill Recovered
Author: Caroline DakersPublisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1787350452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man’s excesses. Beckford’s Abbey is only one of several important houses to be built on the estate since the early sixteenth century, all of them eventually consumed by fire or deliberately demolished, and all of them oddly forgotten by historians. Little now remains: a tower, a stable block, a kitchen range, some dressed stone, an indentation in a field. Fonthill Recovered draws on histories of art and architecture, politics and economics to explore the rich cultural history of this famous Wiltshire estate. The first half of the book traces the occupation of Fonthill from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century. Some of the owners surpassed Beckford in terms of their wealth, their collections, their political power and even, in one case, their sexual misdemeanours. They include Charles I’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the richest commoner in the nineteenth century. The second half of the book consists of essays on specific topics, filling out such crucial areas as the complex history of the designed landscape, the sources of the Beckfords’ wealth and their collections, and one essay that features the most recent appearance of the Abbey in a video game.
Monsieur Tonson
Author: John TaylorPublisher:
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Category : Poetry, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Disquisitions Upon the Painted Greek Vases, and Their Probable Connection with the Shows of the Eleusinian and Other Mysteries
Author: James ChristiePublisher:
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Category : Eleusinian mysteries
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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The Book of Decorative Furniture
Author: Edwin FoleyPublisher:
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Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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A Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures
Author: Sir Robert StrangePublisher:
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Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Records of My Life
Author: John TaylorThe Year's Art ...
Author: An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical
Author: Joseph GwiltPublisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1424
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