The villa, form and ideology of country houses

Author

Ackerman, James S.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Collection

Bollingen series ; Num. 35, 34.

Source

The villa, form and ideology of country houses. 1990, 304 p., ill.; maps; plans; bibliogr. ref.; index

ISBN

0691099111

Publisher

Princeton University Press, Princeton (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Discusses the typology of the villa; the ancient Roman villa; early Medici villas; villas by Palladio and their predecessors; the image of country life in 16th c. Italian villa books; the Palladian villa in England; the English landscape garden; Thomas Jefferson; the picturesque; Andrew Jackson Downing and the American Romantic villa; and the modern villa: Wright and Le Corbusier.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture
• Villas
• Italy
• 1400-1600
• Roman [style]
• Architecture
• Literature
• Society
• Great Britain
• England (GBR)
• Landscape architecture
• Gardens
• Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580
• Palladian (style)
• Country houses and châteaux
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
• Picturesque
• Downing, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1852
• United States
• Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
• Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), 1887-1965
• France
• History
• Medici family
• Patronage
• Typology (formal)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture
• Villa
• Italie
• 1400-1600
• Romain (art)
• Architecture
• Littérature
• Société
• Grande-Bretagne
• England (GBR)
• Paysagisme
• Jardin
• Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580
• Palladianisme
• Château
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
• Pittoresque
• Downing, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1852
• Etats-Unis
• Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
• Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), 1887-1965
• France
• Histoire
• Medici, famille
• Mécénat
• Typologie (formelle)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00461605

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