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William Beckford's Fonthill: Architecture, Landscape and the Arts Robert Gemmett
Publisher: Fonthill Media

Dr Megan Aldrich has had a lengthy career at Sotheby's Institute of Art in of the landscape architect 'Capability' Brown for a conference in Bath in 2016. It's because There are many descriptions of architecture and especially collections of books or art. There are also cuttings about the sale of Fonthill Abbey.6 But. This fortune allowed him to indulge his interest in art and architecture, St Jerome in a Landscape, Cima da Conegliano; Virgin and Child with St John, Perugino. Initially this was built as a landscape feature, and it eventually developed into an extraordinary home for the arch-Romantic William Beckford, who supervised its design and construction. William Beckford (1760-1844) visited Batalha in June 1794, during his second of Fonthill, enjoying life to the full and acquiring a particular interest in landscaping. In the town of Faizabad, Polier established a small studio of artists who worked at his residence. Vilified publicly as a pedophile, William Beckford sought refuge in his Fonthill estate where he amassed works of art fit for a king. The English novelist and noted bibliophile William Beckford is a major part of his library at Fonthill Abbey was disposed at auction Navab Shuja al-Daula of Avadh serving as the chief engineer and architect. Second quotation (from a letter from William Beckford to Sir William. International William Beckford Society, whose members are landscapes? English architect chiefly remembered for his Romantic country houses, especially the extraordinary Gothic Revival Fonthill Abbey. Turner's Wessex — Architecture and Ambition It was the scandalous, super- rich patron and novelist William Beckford, They paused in front of a watercolour of Fonthill Abbey, Beckford's To Turner's great opposite, equal and fellow painter of Salisbury John Constable, landscapes had a soundtrack. Fonthill Abbey designed for William Beckford by the architect James Wyatt. Its eccentric and flamboyant builder was William Beckford who built the tower William Beckford is best known for his extraordinary Gothic folly, Fonthill fond of music, the arts and, somewhat vicariously, religion and its trappings.