The English country house: A grand tour

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This splendid survey of the English country house reveals a heritage that is rich beyond measure. Proceeding through the houses room by room, this picture-filled volume vividly records the skills of the architects, artists, and craftsmen who made the English country house the envy of the world. Changing styles are traced, from medieval manors and Baroque residences to the Palladian, Rococo, and Neoclassical styles of the golden age of the country house--the Georgian period. The work of architects, such as Inigo Jones, Nicholas Hawksmoor, and Robert Adams, is explored as is the ornament that graces their creations. In text and image, the grandeur of these buildings, and the treasures within, is depicted with imagination and a rare sensitivity to detail. Gervase Jackson-Stops is Architectural Advisor to Britain's National Trust.

The English country house: A grand tour,Gervase Jackson-Stops,National Gallery of Art,0821215981,Domestic,General,Photography

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