Research Catalog

Title

Hidden patrons : women and architectural patronage in Georgian Britain / Amy Boyington.

Author

Boyington, Amy

Publication

• London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024.
• ©2024

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Details

Description

xiv, 305 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, plans; 24 cm

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"--

Alternative Title

Women and architectural patronage in Georgian Britain

Subject

• 1700-1799
• 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
• Women art patrons
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• 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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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

Call Number

JQE 24-19

ISBN

• 9781350358614
• 1350358614
• 9781350358607
• 1350358606
• 9781350358645 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781350358638 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781350358621 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023011340

OCLC

1371747701

Author

Boyington, Amy, author.

Title

Hidden patrons : women and architectural patronage in Georgian Britain / Amy Boyington.

Publisher

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024.

Copyright Date

©2024

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1700-1799

Other Editions:

Revision of: Boyington, Amy. Maids, wives and widows : female architectural patronage in eighteenth-century Britain. [Great Britain] : University of Cambridge, 2018 (OCoLC)1063654184

Other Form:

Online version: Boyington, Amy. Hidden patrons New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023 9781350358645 (DLC) 2023011341

Research Call Number

JQE 24-19