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Landscape,Associationism & Exoticism 702132/702835 European Architecture B landscape,associationism & exoticism COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 Warning This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of the University of Melbourne pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further copying or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. do not remove this notice Pope's Villa at Twickenham Pevsner, Studies in Art, Architecture and Design, I, p 89 CCHISWICKHISWICK Chiswick, by Lord Burlington, begun 1725, south front Jeff Turnbull Chiswick and its garden from the west, by Pieter Rysbrack, 1748 Steven Parissien, Palladian Style (London 1994), p 99 Chiswick: drawing by Kent showing portico and garden John Harris, The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington, his Villa and Garden at Chiswick (Montréal 1994), p 255 Chiswick: general view of house and garden, by P J Donowell, 1753 Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, fig 103 Doric column, Chiswick, perhaps by William Kent, c 1714 Harris, The Palladian Revival, p 71 Bagno, Chiswick, by Burlington, 1717 Campbell, Vitruvius Britannicus, III, p 26 Bagno and watercourse, Chiswick Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, fig 105 Chiswick: plan of the garden Architectural Review, XCV (1944), p 146. Chiswick, garden walks painting by Peter Rysbrack & engraving Lawrence Fleming & Alan Gore, The English Garden (London 1988 [1979]), pl 57. B S Allen, Tides in English Taste (1619-1800) (2 vols, New York 1958 [1937]), I, fig 33 Bagno and orange trees, Chiswick, by Rysbrack, c 1729-30 Fleming & Gore, The English Garden, pl 58 Bagno or Pantheon, Chiswick,probably by William Kent Jeff Turnbull Chiswick: design for the Cascade, by William Kent Harris, The Palladian Revival, p 14 Chiswick: the Great Walk and Exedra, by Kent. overall design & detail of the Exedra Harris, The Palladian Revival, p 234; Wittkower, 'Burlington and Kent', p 130 Chiswick, drawing of garden with statuary, by Kent Harris, The Palladian Revival, p 236 Chiswick, pavilion on south-west avenue, probably by Kent; gateway formerly at Beaufort House, Chelsea, by Inigo Jones, 1631 Jeff Turnbull Euston, Suffolk: Kent's design for gates, showing the clumping of trees Fleming & Gore, The English Garden, p 97 ASSOCIATIONISMASSOCIATIONISM && EXOTICISMEXOTICISM Castle Howard, the Mausoleum, begun 1729, by Hawksmoor: view with the house in the distance, in a painting by Hendrik de Cort from a postcard 'Merlin's Cave', Richmond, Surrey, by William Kent: view & section J D Hunt, William Kent: Landscape and Garden Designs (London 1987), pl 31 Castle Howard, the Gatehouse, by Vanbrugh, 1719 MUAS 8,487 design for the south entrance of Holkham, Norfolk, by William Kent, undated Rudolf Wittkower, 'Lord Burlington and William Kent', p 131 South entrance, Holkham, Hall, Norfolk, by Kent: as executed by Matthew Brettingham without the side pavilions Mott & Aall, Follies and Pleasure Pavilions, p 73 'Worcester Lodge' gatehouse, Badminton House, Gloucestershire, by William Kent, c 1740 Mott & Aall, Follies and Pleasure Pavilions, p 31 ROUSHAMROUSHAM Rousham, Oxfordshire Kent’s plan Bridgeman's 1738-41 plan, c 1715-20, at small scale from a tourist map Rousham: Kent's drawing of 'Venus Vale', 1738-41 Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, fig 104 Rousham: Venus Vale seen from the lower cascade Miles Lewis Rousham: Venus Vale, tablet to Ringwood Miles Lewis Rousham: the arcade Miles Lewis Rousham: the arcade from below Miles Lewis Rousham: Kent's first design for the Temple of Echo (Townesend's Building), c 1738? Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, fig 115 Rousham: Temple of Echo Kent's first design, and as built Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, fig 115; Miles Lewis Rousham: Palladian Gate Miles Lewis Rousham: the Gothic Lodge Miles Lewis Rousham: Gothic seat by Kent, ?after 1738 Miles Lewis Rousham the Pyramid Miles Lewis Rousham: Temple of the Mill Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, fig 120 Rousham: Kent's view of the Temple of the Mill and the Eyecatcher Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, fig 118 Rousham: the Eyecatcher Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, fig 119 VISUALVISUAL VARIETYVARIETY ASSOCIATIONALASSOCIATIONAL VARIETYVARIETY L B Alberti The landmarks of some bygone era [and] records of times and events to fill the eyes and mind with admiration' made a region especially beautiful Richard Payne Knight All the pleasures of the intellect arise from the association of ideas ... EXHIBITIONALEXHIBITIONAL VARIETYVARIETY Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, by Sir John Vanbrugh, 1705-24 Blenheim: Military or State Garden by Henry Wise, from a plan of 1709 David Green, Blenheim Park and Gardens [guidebook] (Oxford 1972), p 3 the house the octagon the first stockade ditch the Rotondo at the tip by the lime walk of the projected salient Stowe, Bridgeman's ærial perspective, 1719-20 Country Life, 18 May 1972, p 1256 Rotunda and Queen's Theatre, Stowe, Bucks, by Vanbrugh, c 1719-24 Christopher Hussey, English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750 (London 1967), pl 122 THETHE HAHA--HAHA Stowe, detail of a view by Rigaud, showing the ha-ha to the south-e Country Life, 18 May 1972, p 1254. Stowe, conjectural cross-section of early ha-ha Country Life, 18 May 1972, p 1256 Stowe, perimeter ha-ha of about 1727, detail of a view by Rigaud Country Life, 18 May 1972, p 1256 STOWESTOWE Stowe, Buckinghamshire: plan of the grounds as developed to 1739 Country Life, 18 May 1972, p 1254 Stowe, Buckinghamshire: plan of the grounds in 1797 Lawrence Fleming & Alan Gore, The English Garden (London 1988 [1979]), p 99 Stowe, the Cascade, undated, from an engraving by Bickham, 1750 Osvald Siren, China and the Gardens of Europe of the Eighteenth Century (New York 1950), p 31 Stowe, the Cascade Miles Lewis Stowe: the Temple of Venus, by Kent, before 1732 Miles Lewis Horace Walpole Every acre brings to one's mind some instance of the parts or pedantry, of the taste or want of taste, of the ambition or love of fame, or greatness or miscarriages, of those who have inhabited, decorated, planned or visited the place. Pope, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Kent, Gibbs, Lord Cobham, Lord Chesterfield, the mob of nephews, the Lyttletons, Grenvilles, Wests, Leonidas Glover and Wilkes, .... the late Prince of Wales, the King of Denmark, Princess Amelia, and the proud monuments of Lord Chatham's services, now enshrined here, then anathematized there, and now again commanding here, with the Temple of Friendship, like the Temple of Janus, sometimes open to war, and sometimes shut up in factious cabals - all these images crowd upon one's memory, and add visionary personages to the charming scenes, that are so enriched with fanes and temples, that the real prospects are little less than visions themselves. Stowe Temple of Modern Virtue, by Kent, c 1734 emple of Modern Virtue, by Kent, c 1734.[1] Temple of Ancient Virtue, by Kent, c 1734 William Gilpin, The Beauties of Stow [sic] (London 1750), p 25, 30 Stowe: Temple of Ancient Virtue, by Kent, c 1734 Miles Lewis Stowe: Temple of British Worthies, by Kent, c 1735 Shiremark, ST 133 Stowe: Temple of British Worthies, detail Shiremark Stowe: Temple of Friendship, by James Gibbs, finished 1739 Miles Lewis Stowe: the Pebble Alcove, by Kent Shiremark, ST 136 Stowe: the Congreve Monument, by Kent, 1736 Shiremark, ST 141 Stowe: the Grenville Column, 1747 Miles Lewis Stowe: the Temple of Liberty, or Gothic Temple, by James Gibbs, 1741 Shiremark Stowe: Temple of Liberty, view of the ceiling G B Clarke, Stowe [brochure] (St Ives [Huntingdon Shire] 1971), p 13 CHINOISERIECHINOISERIE Versailles, Trianon de Porcelaine, by Louis le Vau & Francois Dorbay from c 1669: reconstruction by Ian Dunlop Nancy Mitford, The Sun King (London 1966), p 40 Stowe: Chinese House, possibly by William Kent, before 1738 Mott & Aall, Follies and Pleasure Pavilions, p 71 Stowe: Palladian Bridge and Chinese House, engraving of 1750 Siren, China and the Gardens of Europe, p 30 design for a Chinese pavilion at Wallington, Northumberland, 1752 Country Life, CLV, 399 garden pavilions in the Chinese style, by William Halfpenny William Halfpenny [Michael Hoare], New Designs for Chinese Temples (1750- 1752) Shugborough, Staffordshire: Chinese house, by Brett, 1747 B B & H Lewis Chinese house, from Chambers William Chambers, Designs for Chinese Buildings &c (London 1757) pl ix A tower or taa, on the banks of the Ta-Ho, between Canton and Hoang-Pou, from Chambers Chambers, Designs for Chinese Buildings, pl v Kew Gardens, Surrey: the Pagoda, by Chambers, 1761-2 MUAS Kew: Pheasantry, by Chambers Siren, China and the Gardens of Europe, pl 66A Kew, Ruined arch, by Chambers John Harris, Sir William Chambers, Knight of the Polar Star (London 1970), pl 31 Kew Gardens, view with the Orangery, temples of Aeolous and Bellona, the House of Confucius and the Chinese Bridge: mostly by Chambers Fleming & Gore, The English Garden, pl 133 Kew, the Alhambra, by Chambers, 1758 Harris, Sir William Chambers, p 25 Kew, the Mosque by Chambers, 1765 William Chambers, Plans, Elevations, Sections and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surrey (London 1763) Kew, The Gothic Cathedral, by J H Muntz, 1753-9 Crook, The Dilemma of Style , p 22 GROTTOESGROTTOES && ARBOURSARBOURS design for an Arcadian hermitage, by William Kent, c 1731 Margaret Richardson, Soane: Connoisseur and Collector (London 1995), no 14 Gothick Grotto, from William Wrighte, Grottesque Architecture, 1757
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