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The Reception of Greek Architecture in Eighteenth‐Century Britain
This chapter focuses on recent directions in eighteenth‐ and early nineteenth‐century Greek architectural scholarship in Britain. It is strongly influenced by the new social and cultural history approaches so influential in the historiography of the Grand Tour. While much scholarship in the history of classical architecture in Britain has been intent on parsing architectural style and practice, the chapter emphasizes the importance of cultural identity and myth‐making. The engagement with Greek architecture during the eighteenth century was a social, cultural, and political practice that not only shaped aesthetics and articulated status but also shaped the ideologies of a nation. Studying the origins of the Greek Revival underlines the complexity of eighteenth‐century classical discourses and reveals the powerful role that they played in creating modern British identities. Hagley Hall, completed in 1761, with its stately, unadorned facade might possibly have been considered “Grecian” by eighteenth‐century standards.
The Reception of Greek Architecture in Eighteenth‐Century Britain
This chapter focuses on recent directions in eighteenth‐ and early nineteenth‐century Greek architectural scholarship in Britain. It is strongly influenced by the new social and cultural history approaches so influential in the historiography of the Grand Tour. While much scholarship in the history of classical architecture in Britain has been intent on parsing architectural style and practice, the chapter emphasizes the importance of cultural identity and myth‐making. The engagement with Greek architecture during the eighteenth century was a social, cultural, and political practice that not only shaped aesthetics and articulated status but also shaped the ideologies of a nation. Studying the origins of the Greek Revival underlines the complexity of eighteenth‐century classical discourses and reveals the powerful role that they played in creating modern British identities. Hagley Hall, completed in 1761, with its stately, unadorned facade might possibly have been considered “Grecian” by eighteenth‐century standards.
The Reception of Greek Architecture in Eighteenth‐Century Britain
Miles, Margaret M. (editor) / Kelly, Jason M. (author)
A Companion to Greek Architecture ; 509-525
2016-08-08
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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