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Creating Paradise (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,765
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Creating Paradise (Hardcover): Richard Wilson

Creating Paradise (Hardcover)

Richard Wilson

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Building or rebuilding their houses was one of the main concerns of the English nobility and gentry, some might say their greatest achievement. This is the first book to look at the building of country houses as a whole. Creating Paradise shows why owners embarked on building programmes, often following the Grand Tour or excursions around other houses in England; where they looked for architectural inspiration and assistance; and how the building work was actually done. It deals not only with great houses, including Holkham and Castle Howard, but also the diversity of smaller ones, such as Felbrigg and Dyrham, and shows the cost not only of building but of decorating and furnishing houses and of making their gardens. Creating Paradise is an important and original contribution to its subject and a highly readable account of the attitude of the English ruling class to its most important possession.

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Imprint: Hambledon Continuum
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 2000
First published: February 2003
Authors: Richard Wilson
Dimensions: 297 x 210 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 978-1-85285-252-8
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Residential buildings, domestic buildings > Palaces, chateaux, country houses
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-85285-252-6
Barcode: 9781852852528

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