Title & Author:

The Georgian villa / edited by Dana Arnold.

Publication:

Stroud, Gloucestershire : Alan Sutton Pub., 1996.

Description:

xii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Italian Renaissance villa : the reconciliation of nature and artifice / Deborah Howard -- Villa views and the uninvited audience / Julius Bryant -- Jane Austen's aversion to villas / Philippa Tristram -- John James : an early disciple of Inigo Jones / Sally Jeffery -- The transformation of Lord Burlington : from the Palladio and Jones of his time to the modern Vitruvius / John Harris -- Poor palladian or not? Some alternative sources for the early Georgian villa in Ireland / Seán O'Reilly -- 'Heretical and presumptuous' : British architects visiting Palladio's villas in the later Georgian Period / Frank Solomon -- Villa variants / Alistair Rowan -- Soane's concept of the villa / David Watkin -- A family affair : Decimus Burton's designs for the Regent's Park villas / Dana Arnold -- The marine villa / Lindsa Boynton -- The villas of Scotland's Western Seaboard / Michael Davis -- The Edinburgh villa revisited : function not form / Ian Gow.

Summary:

"This is the first book in recent years devoted to the Georgian villa in the British Isles. It addresses the fundamental themes of the architectural and intellectual tradition of the villa, the diversity of its design, location and use, and the problems of definition and typology. Images of the villa - real or imagined, written or visual - are shown to reveal much about contemporary attitudes. The role of Andrea Palladio, one of the key players in the promotion of villa culture, is reexamined through the response of architects throughout the period to his work. The importance of Roman models - from antiquity and the Renaissance - is shown to be at least equal to those from the Veneto. The ever increasing range of form, planning and sources of the villa is seen not only in Robert Adam's designs, but also in the variations of the villa found in Edinburgh and Glasgow, where it provided balanced contrast between city and retreat. Later in the period, changes in demand for housing and the urban fabric brought the villa into the city where its elitist aspirations were replaced by democratizing principles." "This collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the field, draws together an outstanding body of work, presenting the latest thinking and research on the Georgian villa."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0750910208
9780750910200

Subject:

Architecture, Georgian Great Britain.
Architecture, Domestic Great Britain.
Architecture Great Britain History 18th century.
Architecture Georgian Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Georgian.
Villa's.
Georgian style.
Great Britain.
Country houses

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Arnold, Dana.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 114499
Call No.: ID NA7328.G35; ID:96-B2564
Status: Available