Fonthill recovered : a cultural history /

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Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey's tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dakers, Caroline (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : UCL Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Beckford, William, > 1760-1844 > Homes and haunts > England > Wiltshire.
Bickford family.
Beckford, William, > 1760-1844
Bickford family
Fonthill Abbey > History.
Fonthill Abbey
Authors, English > Homes and haunts > England > Wiltshire.
Conservation, restoration & care of artworks.
Architecture.
History of architecture.
Museology & heritage studies.
Cultural studies.
Conservation of buildings & building materials.
History of art > art & design styles.
History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800.
Art & design styles: Baroque.
Art & design styles: Classicism.
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900.
Art & design styles: Romanticism.
Art & design styles: Pre-Raphaelite art.
History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -.
ARCHITECTURE > History > Renaissance.
Authors, English > Homes and haunts
Homes
Intellectual life
Wiltshire (England) > Intellectual life.
Wiltshire (Angleterre) > Vie intellectuelle.
England > Wiltshire
History
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