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29%OFFVaughan Hart - Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone - 9780300119299 - V9780300119299
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Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone

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Description for Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone Hardback. 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. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 150 b&w illustrations + 100 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1746.

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.



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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300119299
SKU
V9780300119299
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Ref
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About Vaughan Hart
Vaughan Hart is Professor of the History of Architecture at the University of Bath.

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