Amy Boyington: Hidden Patrons | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781350358607 | Hidden Patrons | Women and Architectural Patronage in Georgian Britain

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Beschreibung

An enduring myth of Georgian architecture is that it was purely the pursuit of male architects and their wealthy male patrons. History states that it was men who owned grand estates and houses, who commissioned famous architects, and who embarked upon elaborate architectural schemes.

Hidden Patrons dismantles this myth - revealing instead that women were at the heart of the architectural patronage of the day, exerting far more influence and agency than has previously been recognised. Architectural drawing and design, discourse, and patronage were interests shared by many women in the eighteenth century. Far from being the preserve of elite men, architecture was a passion shared by both sexes, intellectually and practically, as long as they possessed sufficient wealth and autonomy.

In an accessible, readable account, Hidden Patrons uncovers the role of women as important patrons and designers of architecture and interiors in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland. Exploring country houses, Georgian townhouses, villas, estates, and gardens, it analyses female patronage from across the architectural spectrum, and examines the work of a range of pioneering women from grand duchesses to businesswomen to lowly courtesans. Re-examining well-known Georgian masterpieces alongside lesser-known architectural gems, Hidden Patrons unearths unseen archival material to provide a fascinating new view of the role of women in the architecture of the Georgian era.

Über den Autor

Dr Amy Boyington is author of Hidden Patrons: Women and Architectural Patronage in Georgian Britain (Bloomsbury Visual Arts) and is a social and architectural historian. She is a trustee of the Georgian Group and popular Instagram and TikTok historian.

Zusammenfassung

Considers the importance of consumer consumption and the display of luxury in relation to the creation of the home. This enables the achievements of the book's subjects to be understood across a spectrum of research fields, including material cultural history, economic history, gender history, design history and social history

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note on Text
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
[...] Country House
[...] Town House
[...] Villa
[...] Wider Estate, Garden Design & Ornamental Buildings
Conclusions

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Neuzeit
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781350358607
ISBN-10:	1350358606
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	680498
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Klappenbroschur
Autor:	Boyington, Amy
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen:	115 color illus
Maße:	232 x 155 x 24 mm
Von/Mit:	Amy Boyington
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.2023
Gewicht:	0,816 kg

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