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Hampton Court :a social and architectural history
- 作者: Thurley, Simon,
- 其他作者: Paul Mellon Centre for studies in British Art.
- 出版: New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for studies in British Art by Yale University Press c2003.
- 稽核項: ix, 450 p. :ill. (some col.), col. maps ;32 cm.
- 標題: Richmond upon Thames (London, England) Social life and customs. , Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England) History. , Palaces England -- London. , History. , Architecture England -- London. , Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England) , Social life and customs. , Architecture , Richmond upon Thames (London, England) , Palaces
- ISBN: 0300102232 , 9780300102239
- 附註: 94年度教育部「獎勵大學教學卓越計畫」購藏.
- 系統號: 005193825
- 資料類型: 圖書
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The book takes as its starting point the argument that the only way to understand fully a building such as Hampton Court is to set it in the political and social context of its time and to explore the lives and motivations of its builders. The picture that emerges is on the one hand intensely personal - one of architects and builders fulfilling the whims of kings and princes. On the other hand, it is bureaucratic: Hampton Court is revealed first as the royal household, then as a palace claimed by grace-and-favour residents and finally, by visitors and tourists as their own. The history of the building is taken right up to the beginning of the twenty-first century. The twentieth-century story of Hampton Court is one of conservation and of changing attitudes towards opening up the complex to the public - it covers everything from the agonising discussions as to whether to build public lavatories to an account of the private enterprise that caused an octogenarian to make a personal fortune out of opening the maze to the public. It includes also the story of the terrible fire of 1986 and its aftermath. Social history and architectural history sit side by side in this intriguing account. New and important attributions are made to the architects Hugh May, Nicholas Hawksmoor, William Talman, Colen Campbell and Edward Blore amongst others. Moreover, the palace and its setting are placed in their European context and their long-term architectural significance is gauged. The book is lavishly illustrated with original paintings, prints and drawings, while a specially commissioned suite of plans and reconstructions reveals the evolving form of the buildings.
來源: Google Book
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