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William Beckford
William Beckford

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

William Beckford's Fonthill: Architecture, Landscape and the Arts



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Page: 336
Publisher: Fonthill Media
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Fonthill Abbey designed for William Beckford by the architect James Wyatt. Vilified publicly as a paedophile, William Beckford sought refuge in his Fonthill estate where he amassed works of art fit for a. Widening cultural interests led to extensive research into William Beckford, Thomas 2001 at the Bard Graduate Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts, Design two great architectural commissions, Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower. Genesis and evolution of Fonthill Abbey' in Architectural History, XXIII ( 1980), pp. The volume on the reception of William Beckford is part of the Project's John Wilton-Ely is Emeritus Professor at the University of Hull (Department of History of Art). € Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill, Author of "Vathek." In two volumes. Writer, composer, prolific art-collector and paedophile - William Beckford was quite a character. Lansdown Crescent which had a bare landscape stretching from the back of the. William Beckford occupies an odd niche in cultural history. 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.





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