Great houses of Europe / edited by Sacheverell Sitwell

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Spring Books, c1970Description: 318 pages : illustrations ; 32 cmISBN:
  • 600338436
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA 7325 .G74 1970
Contents:
Introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell -- Ducal Palace, Urbino :The Renaissance ideal of a princely residence -- Chateaudun : a fortress transformed into a palace -- Casa De Pilatos : cool courtyards in the heart of Seville --Villa Lante : Twin pavilions in a water-garden -- Schloss Tratzberg : a Tirolean castle unspoiled by time -- Palazzo Del Te : Chambers of transgression, now forlorn! -- Chambord : A French chateau of ingenious vastness -- Villa D'Este : A Cardinal's villa among the cypresses and cascades-- Egeskov : The Proud memorial of a Danish nobleman -- Villa Barbaro, Maser : Palladio's charming villa, embellished by Veronese -- Hardwick Hall : Elizabethan architecture at its most adventurous -- Caprarola : Vignola's masterpiece in the Monti Cimini -- Hotel Lambert : A President's house on an island in the Seine -- Chateau de Tanlay : A splendid union of stone and clear water -- Isola Bella : Grandeur which does not destroy romance -- Vaux-le-vicomte : The most splendid house and garden in all France -- Wilton : A classical scene created by centuries of discernment -- Drottningholm : The White palace of the Swedish Royal family -- Palacio Liria : The Alba town-house with its superb art-collection -- Blanheim Palace : 'England's biggest house for England's biggest man' -- 475 Heerengracht : A fine example of a Dutch patrician town-house -- Palais Schwarzenberg : The Grandson preserves the dees of his ancestors -- Palazio Labia : a Venetian palace immortalized by Tiepolo -- The Nymphenburg : The Airy palace of the Bavarian electors -- Stupinig : Juvara's hunting-lodge in Piedmont -- Pommersfelden : The Ease and spaciouness of German Baroque -- Bruhl : The pleasure-palace of an Archbishop -- The Residenz, Wurzburg : The Highest flight of Baroque daring -- Claydon : a smaller English country-house of delightful elegance -- Russborough : The Palladian facade of an Irish country-house -- Sans Souci : a retreat for a philosopher-king -- Benrath : A marvel of delicacy and ingenuity -- Syon House : a house transformed by Adam with imperial lavishness -- Youssoupoff Palace : The Shade of Rasputin stirs beneath these saloons -- Petit Trianon : The Jewel of de pompadour and Marie Antoinette -- Arbury Hall : Tudor in origin, gothicized in the 18th century -- Hotel D'Hane-Steenhuyse : The King's retreat during the hundred days -- Lazienki : The Island-palace of the last King of Poland -- Casita Del Labrador : A little corner of France beside the Tagus.
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Introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell -- Ducal Palace, Urbino :The Renaissance ideal of a princely residence -- Chateaudun : a fortress transformed into a palace -- Casa De Pilatos : cool courtyards in the heart of Seville --Villa Lante : Twin pavilions in a water-garden -- Schloss Tratzberg : a Tirolean castle unspoiled by time -- Palazzo Del Te : Chambers of transgression, now forlorn! -- Chambord : A French chateau of ingenious vastness -- Villa D'Este : A Cardinal's villa among the cypresses and cascades-- Egeskov : The Proud memorial of a Danish nobleman -- Villa Barbaro, Maser : Palladio's charming villa, embellished by Veronese -- Hardwick Hall : Elizabethan architecture at its most adventurous -- Caprarola : Vignola's masterpiece in the Monti Cimini -- Hotel Lambert : A President's house on an island in the Seine -- Chateau de Tanlay : A splendid union of stone and clear water -- Isola Bella : Grandeur which does not destroy romance -- Vaux-le-vicomte : The most splendid house and garden in all France -- Wilton : A classical scene created by centuries of discernment -- Drottningholm : The White palace of the Swedish Royal family -- Palacio Liria : The Alba town-house with its superb art-collection -- Blanheim Palace : 'England's biggest house for England's biggest man' -- 475 Heerengracht : A fine example of a Dutch patrician town-house -- Palais Schwarzenberg : The Grandson preserves the dees of his ancestors -- Palazio Labia : a Venetian palace immortalized by Tiepolo -- The Nymphenburg : The Airy palace of the Bavarian electors -- Stupinig : Juvara's hunting-lodge in Piedmont -- Pommersfelden : The Ease and spaciouness of German Baroque -- Bruhl : The pleasure-palace of an Archbishop -- The Residenz, Wurzburg : The Highest flight of Baroque daring -- Claydon : a smaller English country-house of delightful elegance -- Russborough : The Palladian facade of an Irish country-house -- Sans Souci : a retreat for a philosopher-king -- Benrath : A marvel of delicacy and ingenuity -- Syon House : a house transformed by Adam with imperial lavishness -- Youssoupoff Palace : The Shade of Rasputin stirs beneath these saloons -- Petit Trianon : The Jewel of de pompadour and Marie Antoinette -- Arbury Hall : Tudor in origin, gothicized in the 18th century -- Hotel D'Hane-Steenhuyse : The King's retreat during the hundred days -- Lazienki : The Island-palace of the last King of Poland -- Casita Del Labrador : A little corner of France beside the Tagus.

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