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Terms and conditions applyThe Country Houses of Sir John Vanbrugh: From the Archives of Country Life
Jeremy Musson
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Format: Book
Pages: 176
Publisher: Aurum Press
Date Published: Oct 2008
Stock Code: 66596
Binding: Hardback
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The country houses designed by Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) are some of the most original and memorable works of architecture in Britain. He was rightly judged 'The Shakespeare of architects' by Sir John Soane, and was the designer of Castle Howard in Yorkshire, and Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, two of the great iconic houses of their age. He also designed or remodelled a string of amazing country houses, sometimes described as 'enchanted castles' such as Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland and Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire.
This new book, brings together 200 of the finest photographs of his country houses, taken for Country Life magazine over the last 100 years, and is introduced by a short biography covering his remarkable life and character and his important relationship with his assistant, Nicholas Hawksmoor.
This book is the latest in Aurum's widely praised series based on the Country Life Picture Library. It relates the extraordinary life of one of the great 'all-rounders' of the Augustan age - soldier, adventurer, playwright and architect. It is superbly illustrated with colour and duotone photographs by some of the greatest architectural photographers of the twentieth century.
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