UID:
almafu_9961981343302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (366 pages)
ISBN:
9781474468602
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1474468608
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9780585237428
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0585237425
Inhalt:
This new illustrated paperback edition examines the Scottish country house in all its guises - from great classical houses like Hopetoun, to familiar castles such as Glamis and Craigievar - as well as giving insights into the architects who designed them, including William and Robert Adam, Sir John James Burnet and Sir William Bruce.
Anmerkung:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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List of Abbreviations --
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1 A Plethora of Palaces --
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2 Design Approaches in Early Post-Reformation Scots Houses --
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3 'Scarce a Finer Seat in Scotland' --
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4 Two Late Seventeenth-Century Designs for Kinnaird Castle --
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5 Sir William Bruce's Design for Hopetoun House and Its Forerunners --
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6 Organs, Orrerys and Others --
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7 An Account of the Reconstruction of William Adam's Design for Gladney House, with some Observations on Other Early Projects --
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8 The Restoration of the House of Dun --
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9 Views in Scottish Houses, 1630-I770 --
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10 John Elphinstone and the Castle of Glamis --
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11 A Roger Morris-John Adam Episode in Astylar Palladianism --
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12 A Bibliophile's Bagnio --
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13 Robert Adam at Walkinshaw --
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14 Robert Adam and John Clerk of Eldin --
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15 David (or John?) Henderson's Designs for Caprington Castle --
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16 'This Disagreeable Business' --
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17 'The New Square Style' --
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18 J. P. Neale and the Views of Scotland --
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19 John Smith and Craigievar Castle --
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20 A Neo-Baronial Monymusk Not Built by William Burn --
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21 The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland and Dunrobin Castle --
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22 Relugas and the Dick Lauder Family --
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23 Introducing Alexander Roos --
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24 The Scottish Houses of William Leiper --
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25 The Country House, Larger Villas and Related Hotel Designs of Sir John James Burnet --
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26 The Architect's House and the Search for a 'National Style' --
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Appendix --
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Acknowledgements --
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Photographic Credits --
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Index of Designers and Buildings
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Issued also in print.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780748610778
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0748610774
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9781474468602
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