The English Country House A Grand Tour Author:Gervase Jackson-Stops This splendid survey of the English country house reveals a heritage that is rich beyond measure. Proceeding through the houses room by room, this picture-filled volume vividly records the skills of the architects, artists, and craftsmen who made the English country house the envy of the world. Changing styles are traced, from medieval manors an... more »d Baroque residences to the Palladian, Rococo, and Neoclassical styles of the golden age of the country house--the Georgian period. The work of architects, such as Inigo Jones, Nicholas Hawksmoor, and Robert Adams, is explored as is the ornament that graces their creations. In text and image, the grandeur of these buildings, and the treasures within, is depicted with imagination and a rare sensitivity to detail. Gervase Jackson-Stops is Architectural Advisor to Britain's National Trust.« less
ISBN-13: 9780821215982 ISBN-10: 0821215981 Publication Date: 1985 Pages:240 Edition:1st American ed Rating: