Matthew Brettingham the younger, Foots Cray Place, and the secularization of Palladio's Villa Rotonda in England

Author

Anderson, Stanford

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 1994, Num. 4, Vol. 53, 428-447, 22 ill.; plans

ISSN

0037-9808

Abstract (en)

Foots Cray Place (ca.1754-1760) is one of the four noted English villas based on Palladio's Villa Rotonda (Vicenza). The discovery of a letter of Matthew Brettingham and four drawings (London, British Library) permits an attribution to Brettingham. Further consideration of the Anglo-Palladian rotondas sustains a more general argument: in moving away from the ideal rigor of the Villa Rotonda, the English houses privilege perception over conception and incorporate the quotidian aspect of the sacred/domestic spectrum. (Appendix with chronological list of Brettingham's works).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- United Kingdom
• Brettingham, Matthew II, 1725-1803
• Architecture
• Country houses and châteaux
• Great Britain
• 1700-1800
• Foots Cray Place!!Kent (GBR)
• Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580
• Villa Rotonda||Vicenza (ITA)
• Villas
• Italy
• Influence
• British Library||London (GBR)
• Drawing
• Architectural drawing
• Correspondence
• Palladian (style)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Royaume-Uni
• Brettingham, Matthew II, 1725-1803
• Architecture
• Château
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1700-1800
• Foots Cray Place!!Kent (GBR)
• Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580
• Villa Rotonda||Vicenza (ITA)
• Villa
• Italie
• Influence
• British Library||London (GBR)
• Dessin
• Dessin d'architecture
• Correspondance
• Palladianisme

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00312924

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