Screen LibraryRoyalty and architecture : visions and ambitions of European monarchs and nobility /
"It is well known that, throughout history, kings and queens have built castles, palaces and even entire cities to showcase their power. Less consideration has been given, however, to monarchs whose interest in architecture was so close that they might actually be called architects.Recent resea...
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Bokförlaget Stolpe,
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| Publisher Address: | Sweden : |
| Publication Dates: | 2024. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"It is well known that, throughout history, kings and queens have built castles, palaces and even entire cities to showcase their power. Less consideration has been given, however, to monarchs whose interest in architecture was so close that they might actually be called architects.Recent research on Gustav Ill of Sweden (1746-92) has shown that he was in fact the architect of a number of important building projects and gardens. His relative George III of Great Britain (1760-1820) was also a knowledgeable and skilled architectural draftsman. In this richly illustrated anthology, leading international scholars study the engagement of these and other European monarchs and members of the nobility with architectural practice from the seventeenth century to the present day.Contributors: Clive Aslet, Basile Baudez, Julius Bryant, John Goodall, Elisabeth Kieven, Jarl Kremeier, Rebecca Lyons, Magnus Olausson, Emily Roy, Frank Salmon, Ian Thompson, Simon Thurley, David Watkin."-- |
| Carrier Form: | 276 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits, plans ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9789189425958 9189425952 |
| Index Number: | NA954 |
| CLC: | TU-095 |
| Call Number: | TU-095/R888 |
| Contents: | Monarchy and architecture / John Goodall -- 'A throughly capable amateur architect': Pope Alexander VII and the reinvention of Rome / Elisabeth Kieven -- 'Do not copy me in my love of building': Louis XIV and the creation of Versailles / Ian Thompson -- The later Stuart monarchs in England / Simon Thurley -- The Prince and his architecture: some observations on the German states / Jarl Kremeir -- Architecture and the Russian court: Peter I to Alexander I / Emily Roy -- 'In every sense of the word my own architect': the nobility as architects in Hanoverian Britain / Frank Salmon -- Framnce in the later eighteenth century: Louis XV, Madame de Pompadour and Racine de Monville / Basile Baudez -- George III as architect / David Watkin ; text extracted by Clive Aslet -- 'These beloved works of my leisure hours': Gustav III of Sweden as a gardening lord / Magnus Olausson -- 'Our Poland hitherto impaired': the architectural transformations of King Stanisław August Poniatowski / Barbara Arciszewska -- 'You will not think me a bad architect': King George IV and the image of British royalty / Rebecca Lyons -- Prince Albert: 'a wonderful turn for architecture' / Julius Bryant -- H. M. King Charles III and architecture: his years as Prince of Wales / Clive Aslet. |