William Beckford's Fonthill : architecture, landscape and the arts / Robert J. Gemmett
2016, First Edition. Croydon: Fonthill. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #392491
ISBN: 9781781554838
Physical description: 256 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography (pages 231-246) and index.
Contents: Introduction -- The background for Fonthill -- The educated eye -- Landscape improvements on the Fonthill Splendens estate -- From an ornamental convent in ruins to the celebrated abbey : 1790-1800 -- The art of the Fonthill landscape -- "The gewgaws of luxury" : the Fonthill Splendens sale of 1807 -- 'A fine prudent act' : the final demolition of Fonthill Splendens -- The magic of optics : the interior of the Abbey -- The sale of Beckford's 'Holy Sepulchre' in 1822 -- Sic transit gloria Fonthill : 'The gem and the wonder of earth' -- The contemporary assessment of Fonthill -- Surviving as a romantic icon. Subjects: Beckford, William 1760-1844. Beckford, William 1760-1844. Beckford, William 1760-1844 Art collections Fonthill Abbey.
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