Follies And Pleasure Pavilions
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Author | : Bernd H. Dams |
Publisher | : Flammarion-Pere Castor |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Many of these buildings have been destroyed or severely altered and the only records that survive are the drawings, engravings, architectural plans, and, more rarely, paintings of the period.
Author | : Sally Sample Aall |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Author | : Bernd H. Dams |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-04-11 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0847899160 |
Astonishing buildings created for casual amusements, the splendid pavilions and garden follies of prerevolutionary France are the glorious productions of an age now past—but they continue to speak to us through the dazzling artistry of Dams and Zega. Spanning 150 years and the reigns of four kings, the pleasure pavilions, garden follies, and châteaux of Ancien Régime France are fascinating for the stories that surround their creation as well as a visual feast and a delight. Typically the realm of scholars, the subject is given extraordinary life at the hands of the authors, through whose historically accurate, meticulously rendered watercolors the reader comes to see the sometimes grand, sometimes playful, always beautiful buildings, sculpture, and ornament as they were meant to be seen. Dams and Zega have devoted much of a lifetime to rediscovering and illuminating these great treasures of world heritage, and this volume is the fruit of more than thirty years of passionate investigation. Intensive original research and devoted exploration informs the work, capturing the genius of these buildings through the medium of watercolor, which the author-artists harness to render building materials and surfaces with sensitivity and great range. From the mannerist and early baroque guard pavilions at Blérancourt to the Château de Rosay, a fantasy realized in the form of an Anglo-Chinese folly park, this volume is a revelation, sure to captivate architects, historians, landscape designers, and garden lovers.
Author | : Kerry Dean Carso |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2021-08-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1501755943 |
Follies in America examines historicized garden buildings, known as "follies," from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876. In a period of increasing nationalism, follies—such as temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins—brought a range of European architectural styles to the United States. By imprinting the land with symbols of European culture, landscape gardeners brought their idea of civilization to the American wilderness. Kerry Dean Carso's interdisciplinary approach in Follies in America examines both buildings and their counterparts in literature and art, demonstrating that follies provide a window into major themes in nineteenth-century American culture, including tensions between Jeffersonian agrarianism and urban life, the ascendancy of middle-class tourism, and gentility and social class aspirations.
Author | : Simon Harcourt-Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1942 |
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Author | : Thomas Holcroft |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1824 |
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Author | : Bernd H. Dams |
Publisher | : Rizzoli International Publications |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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This title presents 50 of Bernd Dams and Andrew Zega's expert watercolour illustrations, focusing on Chinoiseries pavilions. 36 of the works delve into the past, reconstructing exceptional historical structures from the 17th to the 19th century, with a predominately French style.
Author | : Celia Fisher |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2022-11-28 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1789146364 |
A beautifully illustrated history of these quirky ornamental buildings in gardens across the globe. Are they frivolous or practical? Follies are buildings constructed primarily for decoration, but they suggest another purpose through their appearance. In this visually stunning book, Celia Fisher describes follies in their historical and architectural context, looks at their social and political significance, and highlights their relevance today. She explores follies built in protest, follies in Oriental and Gothic styles, animal-related follies, waterside follies and grottoes, and, finally, follies in glass and steel. Featuring many fine illustrations, from historical paintings to contemporary photographs and prints, and taking in follies from Great Britain to Ireland, throughout Europe, and beyond, The Story of Follies is an amusing and informative guide to fanciful, charming buildings.
Author | : Phoebe Clapham |
Publisher | : Aurum |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2018-04-19 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1781318190 |
A completely new Trail Guide dedicated to the London section of the Thames Path from Hampton Court to the Thames Barrier. Until now, Aurum’s popular one-volume Thames Path guide has had all too little room to cover the endlessly rich array of sights and history along its London section – something to look at literally every yard of the way. Now, Aurum publishes a completely new walker’s guide just to the London Thames, laid out to its new full-colour Trail Guide design, and including the extension to Crayford . Here is all the history along the river from the Mesolithic Period timber piles near Vauxhall Bridge to the new Shard skyscraper shooting skywards at London Bridge. It covers all the folklore from the famous frost fairs to the much-lamented beach near Tower Bridge, not forgetting the poignant recent visit of a large whale to the centre of London. The Thames winds all the way through London’s history and culture, from Henry VIII’s Hampton Court to the chequered fate of the Dome/O2: the London resident as much as the visiting tourist will find in this guide something new every step of the way.
Author | : conte Baldassarre Castiglione |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Courtesy |
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