The villa remains one of the most potent architectural forms in
western culture. The ideal of a rural retreat for relaxation and
contemplation has endured from antiquity up to the present day. Yet
there have been significant changes in the form and function of the
villa and the social and economic circumstances of its occupants.
Many of these changes took place in the Georgian period. This
stimulating book brings together leading historians to look at the
eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century villa in its wider context.
Images of the villa-real or imagines - are shown to reveal much
about contemporary attitudes. The role of Andrea Palladio is
re-examined through the response of architects throughout the
period to his work, including Colen Campbell's Stourhead and Lord
Burlington's villa at Cheswick. The range of form, planning and
sources of the villa is seen and not only in Robert Adam's designs
but also in the variations of the villa found in Edinburgh and
Glasgow where it provided a balanced contrast between city and
retreat. Later in the period, changes in the demand for houses and
the urban fabric brought the villa into the city where its elitist
aspirations were replaced by democratizing principles.
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