Title & Author:

William Beckford, 1760-1844 : an eye for the magnificent / Philip Hewat-Jaboor [and others] ; editor, Derek E. Ostergard.

Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2001.

Description:

448 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture from Oct. 18, 2001 through Jan. 6, 2002; Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, England, Feb. 5 through April 14, 2002 -- T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-448) and index.
Foreword / Susan Weber Soros -- Introduction / Derek E. Ostergard -- 1. William Beckford: A Biographical Perspective / Timothy Mowl -- 2. Beckford, Soane, and Hope: The Psychology of the Collector / David Watkin -- 3. Fonthill House: "One of the Most Princely Edifices in the Kingdom" / Philip Hewat-Jaboor -- 4. Clinging Fast "To My Tutelary Mountains": Beckford in Helvetia / William Hauptman -- 5. The World of Beckford's Portuguese Palaces / Malcolm Jack -- 6. William Beckford in Paris, 1788-1814: "Le Faste Solitaire" / Anne Eschapasse -- 7. William Beckford's Abbey at Fonthill: From the Picturesque to the Sublime / Megan Aldrich -- 8. William Beckford and the Landscape Garden / Alexander Marr -- 9. A Celebrated Collector / Bet McLeod -- 10. Filling the Void: The Development of Beckford's Taste and the Market in Furniture / Adriana Turpin -- 11. William Beckford and Metalwork / Michael Snodin -- 12. Observations on Japanese Lacquer in the Collection of William Beckford / Oliver Impey and John Whitehead -- 13. William Beckford: Collector of Old Master Paintings, Drawings, and Prints / Jeannie Chapel -- 14. William Beckford in London / Sidney Blackmore -- 15. The Bath Years, 1822-44 / Sidney Blackmore -- 16. Beckford's Tower in Bath / Christopher Woodward -- Catalogue of the Exhibition -- B. Provenance, Exhibitions, Literature, Marks, Signatures, and Inscriptions.

Summary:

British collector William Beckford helped to define many of the parameters of 19th-century collecting. This text describes his flamboyant personality & unconventional life & discusses fine works of art that were once part of his legendary collection.

ISBN:

0300090684 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780300090680 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Beckford, William, 1760-1844 Art collections Exhibitions.
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 Exhibitions.
Beckford, William, 1760-1844.
Beckford, William, (1760-1844)
Beckford, William (Schriftsteller)
Authors, English 18th century Biography Exhibitions.
Écrivains anglais 18e siècle Biographies Expositions.
Art Private collections.
Authors, English.
Ausstellung
Kunstcollecties.
Art Collectionneurs et collections Grande-Bretagne.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
New York (NY, 2001)

Added entries:

Ostergard, Derek E.
Hewat-Jaboor, Philip.
Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.
Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 219285
Call No.: N5247.B43 W5 2001
Status: Available