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- catalog abstract ""Between 1710 and 1770, the Rococo style should, in the normal course of events, have been Britain's prevailing decorative style, at once inventive, ornate, elegant and playful. This is the first book to describe and explain its oddly frustrated course in England and, in vivid contrast, its brilliant flourishing in Ireland. Architectural historians have tried to make the best of the Palladian Revival that occurred after 1714. But in fact Palladianism was a cultural disaster, a retrograde step imposed upon a chauvinistic ruling class which left England dependent for the internal decor of its aristocratic houses on memories of ruined Roman baths or the improvisations of itinerant Italo-Swiss stucco workers. England's eventual response to the decorative failings of Palladianism was the 'Gothick'. Ireland, more sophisticated in the technical education of its craftsmen and artists, not only devised its own subtle 'insular' Rococo, but exported this mode successfully to the West of England in a gesture of cultural colonialism."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Architecture, politics and society in Ireland and England, 1710-1770".
- catalog contributor b11415890.
- catalog contributor b11415891.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Between 1710 and 1770, the Rococo style should, in the normal course of events, have been Britain's prevailing decorative style, at once inventive, ornate, elegant and playful. This is the first book to describe and explain its oddly frustrated course in England and, in vivid contrast, its brilliant flourishing in Ireland. Architectural historians have tried to make the best of the Palladian Revival that occurred after 1714. But in fact Palladianism was a cultural disaster, a retrograde step imposed upon a chauvinistic ruling class which left England dependent for the internal decor of its aristocratic houses on memories of ruined Roman baths or the improvisations of itinerant Italo-Swiss stucco workers. England's eventual response to the decorative failings of Palladianism was the 'Gothick'. Ireland, more sophisticated in the technical education of its craftsmen and artists, not only devised its own subtle 'insular' Rococo, but exported this mode successfully to the West of England in a gesture of cultural colonialism."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-348) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 358 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Insular rococo.".
- catalog identifier "1861890443".
- catalog isFormatOf "Insular rococo.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Reaktion,".
- catalog relation "Insular rococo.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland".
- catalog spatial "Ireland.".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Rococo England History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Rococo Ireland History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Rococo Social aspects England.".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Rococo Social aspects Ireland.".
- catalog subject "Decorative arts, Rococo England History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Decorative arts, Rococo Ireland History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "NA590 .M69 1999".
- catalog title "An insular rococo : architecture, politics and society in Ireland and England, 1710-1770 / Timothy Mowl and Brian Earnshaw.".
- catalog title "Architecture, politics and society in Ireland and England, 1710-1770".
- catalog type "text".