Title & Author:

Lord Burlington : architecture, art and life / edited by Toby Barnard and Jane Clark.

Publication:

London ; Rio Grande, Ohio : Hambledon Press, 1995.

Description:

xviii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Howard Colvin -- 1. Chiswick House and Gardens: Appearance and Meaning / Richard Hewlings -- 2. Edward Lovett Pearce and the New Junta for Architecture / Edward McParland -- 3. Land and the Limits of Loyalty: The Second Earl of Cork and First Earl of Burlington (1612-98) / T.C. Barnard -- 4. The Political Career of the Third Earl of Burlington / Eveline Cruickshanks -- 5. 'Avowed Friend and Patron': The Third Earl of Burlington and Alexander Pope / Howard Erskine-Hill -- 6. The Aeneid in the Age of Burlington: A Jacobite Text? / Murray G.H. Pittock -- 7. 'Lord Burlington is Here' / Jane Clark.

Summary:

The importance of the third earl of Burlington (1695-1753) as a patron and practitioner of the arts, especially of architecture, has long been recognised. Indeed he has been credited with sponsoring the Palladian revival in England. His achievement at Chiswick House is examined here in detail by Richard Hewlings, who traces Burlington's ideas at Chiswick to exact sources in Classical and Renaissance architecture. His original and outstanding contribution, which constitutes the first half of the book, marks a fundamental advance in the interpretation of Burlington's architecture and its meaning. Despite Burlington's fame, surprisingly little has been written about him. Lord Burlington: Architecture, Art and Life presents a modern reassessment of his career, while setting him in a broader context than has usually been the case, to reflect both his interests outside architecture and to present his character in the round. Architecture is given pride of place, but his other interests, in land-owning, politics and literature, are also examined, throwing much new light on an exceptionally significant and attractive figure.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1852850949
9781852850944

Subject:

Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753.
Boyle, Richard 1694-1753
Burlington, Richard Boyle of.
Of.
Architects England Biography.
Classicism in architecture England.
Architectes Angleterre Biographies.
Classicisme en architecture Angleterre.
Architects
Classicism in architecture
Palladianismus
Bouwkunst.
England
Chiswick House
Architecture
Great Britain

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Biographies

Added entries:

Barnard, T. C. (Toby Christopher)
Clark, Jane, 1955-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 84522
Call No.: ID:95-B3529
Status: Available