Holkham /anglais - Couverture souple

Schmidt/teller

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 379133414X ISBN 13 : 9783791334141

Editeur : Prestel, 2006

Synopsis

Holkham is awarded Five Stars, and appears in the Top Twenty greatest houses in England's "Thousand Best Houses by Simon Jenkins. Built between 1734 and 1765, Holkham - the Earl of Leicester's 25,000-acre estate in Norfolk - is a tribute to a time gone by. Paintings by Gainsborough, Poussin, Gheeraerts, Claude, Van Dyck and Rubens adorn the damask-covered walls of this great house. "Holkham" is full of exquisite works of art and is one of England's premier tourist destinations. The hall and its grounds continue to be a thriving, self-sufficient community, which offers visitors a unique perspective on rural life as it was lived during the estate's conception. This colourful guide to the house, its treasures and the park explores for the first time the landscape and the architectural history of Holkham, profiling the client for whom the mansion was conceived and built, detailing its fascinating construction process and describing the magnificent historic interiors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Authors Leo Schmidt is Professor at the BTU in Cottbus, an art historian and architectural archaeologist. He has directed the Holkham research project since 1980. Christian Keller is an architect and building archaeologist, who has been involved with the Holkham project since 1999. The Contributors Elizabeth Angelicoussis (leading sculpture expert and author of several books on Woburn, Holkham, Arundel), Peter Burman (National Trust Scotland), Tom Coke (Holkham), Michael Daley (Holkham), Polly Feversham (Duncombe Park), John Hardy (Christie's), Uta Hassler (ETH), Christine Hiskey (Holkham), Markus Joachim (BTU), Axel Klausmeier (Potsdam), Werner Koch (Potsdam), Silke Langenberg (ETH), Bernhard Ritter (BTU), Christoph Martin Vogtherr (Sanssouci), Tom Williamson (University of East Anglia). The Photographer Frank Dalton

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prestel
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 379133414X
• ISBN 13: 9783791334141
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible