Palladian architecture
European architectural style derived from and inspired by the designs of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio .
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Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
Anglo-Irish architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl".
His great interests in life were architecture and landscaping, and he is remembered for being a builder and a patron of architects, craftsmen and landscapers, Indeed, he is credited with bringing Palladian architecture to Britain and Ireland.
Venetian window
A Venetian window (also known as a Serlian window) is a large tripartite window which is a key element in Palladian architecture.
Burlington House
Building on Piccadilly in Mayfair, London.
It was originally a private Neo-Palladian mansion owned by the Earls of Burlington and was expanded in the mid-19th century after being purchased by the British government.
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
Painter and architect in Prussia.
Knobelsdorff was influenced as an architect by French Baroque Classicism and by Palladian architecture.
Rustication (architecture)
Range of masonry techniques used in classical architecture giving visible surfaces a finish texture that contrasts with smooth, squared-block masonry called ashlar.
During the 18th century, following the Palladian revival, rustication was widely used on the ground floors of large buildings, as its contrived appearance of simplicity and solidity contrasted well to the carved ornamental stonework and columns of the floors above: "Rustication became almost obligatory in all 18th- and 19th-century public buildings in Europe and the USA".
Wanstead House
Mansion built to replace the earlier Wanstead Hall.
In 1715 Child commissioned the Scottish architect Colen Campbell to design a grand mansion in the then emerging Neo-Palladian style, to replace the former house, and to rival contemporary mansions such as Blenheim Palace.
Gothic Revival architecture
Architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England.
Most buildings were still largely in the established Palladian style, but some houses incorporated external features of the Scots baronial style.
Neoclassical architecture
Architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France.
A return to more classical architectural forms as a reaction to the Rococo style can be detected in some European architecture of the earlier 18th century, most vividly represented in the Palladian architecture of Georgian Britain and Ireland.
William Kent
William Kent (c.
Kent introduced the Palladian style of architecture into England with the villa at Chiswick House, and also originated the 'natural' style of gardening known as the English landscape garden at Chiswick, Stowe House in Buckinghamshire, and Rousham House in Oxfordshire.
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Subscription library, museum, rare book repository and research center founded in 1747, and located at 50 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.
It was the first classical public building built in America, designed in the manner of Italian Renaissance Architect Andrea Palladio, in the Georgian-Palladian style.