Enlightened eclecticism : the grand design of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland / Adriano Aymonino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aymonino, Adriano, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northumberland, Elizabeth Seymour Percy, Duchess of, 1716-1776.

Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1712-1786.

Architecture, Modern--18th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Aesthetics, Modern--18th century.

Aesthetics, Modern.

Art--Private collections.

Homes.

Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1712-1786--Homes and haunts.

Northumberland, Hugh Percy.

Northumberland, Elizabeth Seymour Percy, Duchess of, 1716-1776--Homes and haunts.

Northumberland, Elizabeth Seymour Percy.

Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1712-1786--Art collections.

Northumberland, Elizabeth Seymour Percy, Duchess of, 1716-1776--Art collections.

Art museums.

Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820.

Great Britain.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 340 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, genealogical table, plans ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2021.

Summary:

"The central decades of the 18th century in Britain were crucial to the history of European taste and design. One of the period's most important campaigns of patronage and collecting was that of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland: Sir Hugh Smithson (1712-86) and Lady Elizabeth Seymour Percy (1716-76). This book examines four houses they refurbished in eclectic architectural styles--Stanwick Hall, Northumberland House, Syon House, and Alnwick Castle--alongside the innumerable objects they collected, their funerary monuments, and their persistent engagement in Georgian London's public sphere. Over the years, their commissions embraced or pioneered styles as varied as Palladianism, rococo, neoclassicism, and Gothic revival. In every instance, minute details contributed to large-scale projects expressing the Northumberlands' various aesthetic and cultural allegiances. Their development sheds light on the eclectic taste of Georgian Britain, the emergence of neoclassicism, and the cultures of the Grand Tour and the Enlightenment."--Jacket flap.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Virtu And Improvements

2. Stanwick Hall

3. Northumberland House

4. Syon House

5. Alnwick Castle

6. The Duchess's Funerary Monument.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-320) and index.

ISBN:

9781913107178

1913107175

OCLC:

1247943405

Publisher Number:

99990086111