Hidden patrons : women and architectural patronage in Georgian Britain /

Hidden patrons : women and architectural patronage in Georgian Britain /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Boyington, Amy, author.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024. ©2024
Description:	xiv, 305 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, plans ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Architects and patrons -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. Women art patrons -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. Architecture and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. Architecture, Georgian. Architects and patrons Architecture and society Architecture, Georgian Women art patrons Great Britain History
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13440384
Related Items:	Revision of: Maids, wives and widows : female architectural patronage in eighteenth-century Britain.

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Varying Form of Title:	Women and architectural patronage in Georgian Britain
ISBN:	9781350358614 1350358614 9781350358607 1350358606 9781350358645 9781350358638 9781350358621
Notes:	Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2018, under the title: Maids, wives and widows : female architectural patronage in eighteenth-century Britain. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"An enduring myth of Georgian architecture is that it was purely the pursuit of male architects and their wealthy male patrons. History states that it was men who owned grand estates and houses, who commissioned famous architects, and who embarked upon elaborate architectural schemes. Hidden Patrons dismantles this myth - revealing instead that women were at the heart of the architectural patronage of the day, exerting far more influence and agency than has previously been recognised. Architectural drawing and design, discourse, and patronage were interests shared by many women in the eighteenth century. Far from being the preserve of elite men, architecture was a passion shared by both sexes, intellectually and practically, as long as they possessed sufficient wealth and autonomy. In an accessible, readable account, Hidden Patrons uncovers the role of women as important patrons and designers of architecture and interiors in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland. Exploring country houses, Georgian townhouses, villas, estates, and gardens, it analyses female patronage from across the architectural spectrum, and examines the work of a range of pioneering women from grand duchesses to businesswomen to lowly courtesans. Re-examining well-known Georgian masterpieces alongside lesser-known architectural gems, Hidden Patrons unearths unseen archival material to provide a fascinating new view of the role of women in the architecture of the Georgian era"--
Other form:	Online version: Boyington, Amy. Hidden patrons New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023 9781350358645

Table of Contents:

The country house
The London town house
The villa
The wider estate, garden design and ornamental buildings.