Main entry:

Loske, Alexandra, 1969- author.

Title & Author:

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton : a regency palace of colour and sensation / Alexandra Loske.

Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2025.

Description:

272 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-265) and index.
Foreword / Hedley Swain -- 'A vision in a dream': A fragment? -- Creating a stately pleasure dome: the development of the Royal Pavilion -- Escaping to other worlds: chinoiserie and the Royal Pavilion -- 'A splendour of light and colour': colour, senses and sensuality in the Royal Pavilion -- 'Surreal and fantastical': mood and materials in a regency pleasure pavilion -- Appendix. Augustus Charles Pugin's drawings of the Royal Pavilion.

Summary:

"The first in-depth study since the 1980s of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, a building that is often considered the most impressive architectural expression of the Romantic imagination and that has become a hallmark of Regency style. Created between 1787 and 1823 by George IV, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton is perhaps the most daring and enchanting example of a building that expresses the European fascination with what in the early nineteenth century was considered the 'Orient,' in particular China and India. The building, with its Indian-inspired exterior, was the work of the renowned architect John Nash, who with the contributions of several other gifted and inventive architects, artists, and designers, created a building that draws you in, takes you on a journey, and plays with your senses. Featuring new photography, this lavishly illustrated book will provide a fresh look at the sumptuous Chinoiserie interiors of the Royal Pavilion and their enduring appeal. Drawing on recent research, conservation projects, and the unprecedented loan exhibition A Prince's Treasure: From Buckingham Palace to the Royal Pavilion (2019-22), this book celebrates the colours and sensual beauty of these interiors while situating the Royal Pavilion in the context of the time of its creation and development under royal ownership, from its beginning in the wake of the French Revolution, through its transformation and extension during and just after the Napoleonic Wars, to its fate and legacy in the early Victorian era.

ISBN:

9780300266665 (hbk.)
0300266669

Subject:

Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England) History.
Brighton (England) Buildings, structures, etc.

Added entries:

Swain, Hedley, 1961- writer of foreword

Holdings:

Location: Library main
Copy: 1
Status: On Order