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The Treasure Houses of Britain: 500 Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting
Language: English
Published by National Gallery of Art; Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1985
ISBN 10: 0300035047 ISBN 13: 9780300035049
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. s1 10"x11"; 680 pages; Catalog of the Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington from November 3, 1985 - April 13, 1986The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. Due to the weight of this book, it may require extra postage. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Contains the following essays: "Introduction" by J. Carter Brown; "Temples of the Arts" by Gervase Jackson-Stops; "The Power House" by Mark Girouard; "Portraiture and the Country House" by Oliver Miller; "The Englishman in Italy" by Brinsley Ford; "The British As Collectors" by Francis Haskell; "The Backward Look" by John Cornforth; "The Last Hundred Years" by Marcus Binney and Gervase Jackson-Stops.
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![Seller image for Life in the English country house : a social and architectural history [The power houses -- The mediaeval household -- The mediaeval house -- The Elizabethan and Jacobean house -- The formal house: 1630-1720 -- First interlude: virtuosos and dilettanti -- The social house: 1720-70 -- The arrival of informality: 1770-1930 -- Second interlude: early country-house technology -- The moral house: 1830-1900 -- The Indian summer: 1900-40.] for sale by Joseph Valles - Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md13578037636.jpg)
Life in the English country house : a social and architectural history [The power houses -- The mediaeval household -- The mediaeval house -- The Elizabethan and Jacobean house -- The formal house: 1630-1720 -- First interlude: virtuosos and dilettanti -- The social house: 1720-70 -- The arrival of informality: 1770-1930 -- Second interlude: early country-house technology -- The moral house: 1830-1900 -- The Indian summer: 1900-40.]
Language: English
Published by New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1978, 1978
ISBN 10: 0300022735 ISBN 13: 9780300022735
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. v, 344 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm ; ISBN: 0300022735; 9780300022735 ; LCCN: 78-9088 ; LC: HT653.G7; Dewey: 301.44/1; 728.80942 ; OCLC: 3892534 ; Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76 ; "The English country house has flourished over the centuries because of its ability to adapt to the changes in English society. This book is an account of the ways in which the upper-class life style were reflected in the houses in which the wealthy and powerful lived." ; "From literature, social chronicles, and family documents comes a study of the evolution and social role of the English country house since the Middle Ages." ; Contents: The power houses -- The mediaeval household -- The mediaeval house -- The Elizabethan and Jacobean house -- The formal house: 1630-1720 -- First interlude: virtuosos and dilettanti -- The social house: 1720-70 -- The arrival of informality: 1770-1930 -- Second interlude: early country-house technology -- The moral house: 1830-1900 -- The Indian summer: 1900-40. ; FINE/FINE. Book.
