English Georgian Architecture
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English Georgian
Gibside Chapel
William Joyce and Stephen Switzer, Architects for George Bowes in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1731
William Joyce and Stephen Switzer, Architects for George Bowes in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1731
1720-1830
- Named for the Kings George of Hanover
- Overlap with English Baroque (Wren)
- More restained, using classical proportion
- Styles evolved/were somewhat varied
- Pattern books
- Replaced English vernacular - high style in the low places
ELEMENTS
that typify the style
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Classical Proportion
Influenced by Grand Tours
Village Planning
Country Home analogues to Palladian Villas
A treatise on civil arcitecture by William Chambers
Styles within a style
Palladian
• Neo-Gothic •
Chinoiserie
• Neoclassical
• Regency
The Age of Orders
1700-1760
A Regiment of Artificers
1760-1800
Notable Architects
of the period, Many of whom are authors
Colen Campbell (1676-1729)
Early codifier, architect, author: Vitruvius Britanicus
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
(1694-1753)
William Kent
Protege of Richard Boyle - they met in Italy on their Grand Tours of Europe
Famous as a triple threat, designing houses, interiors and perhaps with the most accomplishment, landscapes
William Chambers (1723-1796)
Architect and Author:
A treatise on civil architecture in which the principles of that art are laid down and illustrated by a great number of plates accurately designed and elegantly engraved by the best hands
Robert Adam
(1728-1792) Architect and codifier. Author of Patternbooks.
John Soane (1753-1837)
Architect, Author, Professor
JOHN NASH (1752-1835)
PROLIFIC ARCHITECT IN THE REGENCY STYLE
Decimus burton
1800-1881, ARCHITECT AND DEBATER IN THE "BATTLE OF THE STYLES" WITH AUGUSTUS PUGIN
