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Great houses of England & Wales
- 作者: Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh,
- 其他作者: Sykes, Christopher Simon,
- 出版: London : Laurence King 2000.
- 版本: Concise ed.
- 稽核項: 240 p. :col. ill. ;21 cm.
- 標題: Dwellings. , Manors England. , Country homes , Nobility England -- Dwellings. , Country homes England. , Nobility Wales -- Dwellings. , Country homes Wales. , Manors Wales. , Manors , Nobility
- ISBN: 185669206X , 9781856692069
- 附註: 九十一年度「輔導新設國立大學健全發展計畫」藏書. Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 系統號: 005234725
- 資料類型: 圖書
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In this chronological selection of thirty-two of the most notable houses in England and Wales, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and Christopher Simon Sykes present a panoramic history of the evolution of the 'great house'. The selection tours acknowledged architectural masterpieces, such as Castle Howard, along with lesser-known delights, such as Tredegar - one of a number of houses in this book that were closed to the public for many years. It is also a history of great families, seen as part of the houses they created, where their descendants, in many cases, still live today. Full of memorable characters and anecdotal insight, this book is a glorious tribute to what Evelyn Waugh called 'our chief national artistic achievement'. The original photographs show the unexpected as well as the familiar - the private rooms and the servants' quarters as well as the grand exteriors and state rooms, the gardens and noble landscapes. They include some of the most splendid examples of English art and architecture, from awe-inspiring medieval stone to the beauties of the English Renaissance, the classical grandeur of the eighteenth century and the highest excesses of the High Victorian taste; illustrating the work of Inigo Jones, Sir John Vanbrugh, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Thomas Chippendale, William Kent, Robert Adam, and Lancelot 'Capability' Brown.
來源: Google Book
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