Main entry:

Arnold, Dana.

Title & Author:

The Georgian country house : architecture, landscape and society / Dana Arnold ; with contributions from Tim Clayton [and others].

Publication:

Stroud : Sutton, ©1998.

Description:

xiv, 210 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index.
The country house : form, function and meaning / Dana Arnold -- The country house and its publics / Dana Arnold -- Publishing houses : prints of country seats / Tim Clayton -- One among the many : popular aesthetics, polite culture and the country house landscape / Stephen Bending -- Defining femininity : women and the country house / Dana Arnold -- The illusion of grandeur? antiquity, grand tourism and the country house / Dana Arnold -- Town house and country house : their interaction / M.H. Port -- Jane Austen and the changing face of England / Philippa Tristram -- Living off the land : innovations in farming practices and farm design / Dana Arnold -- Richard Payne Knight and the picturesque landscape / Andrew Ballantyne.

Summary:

The country house was a focal point of Georgian architecture, landscape and society. This well illustrated book takes this distinctive architectural form and uses it as a fulcrum for an exploration of the cultural map of the period.

ISBN:

0750915900
9780750915908

Subject:

Country homes Great Britain.
Architecture, Georgian Social aspects Great Britain.
Architecture Great Britain History 18th century.
Architecture Great Britain History 19th century.
Architecture Great Britain 18th century.
Maisons de campagne Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture Georgian Aspect social Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture.
Country homes.
Rural conditions.
Social conditions.
Architecture, Georgian.
Landscape architecture.
Platteland.
Landhuizen.
Landadel.
Georgian style.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Clayton, Tim.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204723
Call No.: NA7620 .A76 1998
Status: Available