The Making of the Royal Pavilion Brighton: Design and Drawings - Couverture souple

Morley, John

 
9780856675577: The Making of the Royal Pavilion Brighton: Design and Drawings
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0856675571 ISBN 13 : 9780856675577
Editeur : Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, is one of the most famous and opulent royal extravaganzas in existence. First built in 1787 for the Prince of Wales as a neo-classical marine villa, by the time the Prince became king in 1820 it had grown into the extraordinary Indian-Chinese fantasy that it is today. This study reproduces all of the important surviving designs, for the exterior and interior of the Pavilion, revealing the great variety of brilliant exotic schemes devised for its construction and decoration. The projects for the exterior include the pretty but chaste designs of Henry Holland and the wilder Indian and Chinese fantasies of William Pordent and Humphry. The interior designs are often astonishing; they include schemes for whole rooms as well as for individual details such as windows, skylights, doorways, carpets and curtains.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Morley became Director of the Royal Pavilion and Museums at Brighton in 1968 and under his direction the Pavilion underwent the most systematic and thorough restoration in its history.

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Éditeur
Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0856675571
ISBN 13 
9780856675577
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
280
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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