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John Vanbrugh (1664-1726), dramaturgo británico que fue además uno de los grandes arquitectos del barroco en su país. Nació en Londres, se educó en Cheshire y al ser apresado como militar por los franceses, comenzó a escribir. Sus textos son excelentes ejemplos de la comedia de la restauración: La reincidencia (1696) y La mujer provocada ...
14 de jul. de 2023 · Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726 -- Criticism and interpretation, Architecture, Domestic -- England, Architecture -- England -- History -- 18th century Publisher New Haven : Yale University Press Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English
Hace 4 días · Sir John Vanbrugh, 1664-1726. Soldier, dramatist and architect, Vanbrugh has left a magnificent legacy of palatial building to the country of his Flemish grandfather’s adoption. By Christopher Lloyd. Painters, poets and builders have very 'high flights, but they must be kept down.”. So wrote Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough in the course of ...
John was born in London, the 4th child of Giles Vanbrugh, a cloth-merchant. He was raised in Chester after his family fled London in the wake of the Great Fire and Plague. His father later worked in the sugar trade, possibly owning a sugar import business, though this is unclear. What is clear, though, is that like Wren before him, Vanbrugh ...
13 de nov. de 2008 · Vanbrugh was the eldest surviving son of a cloth merchant of Flemish Protestant ancestry and a well-connected English gentlewoman. He was born in London, but his parents had moved to Chester by 1667, where he grew up. Vanbrugh first attempted to pursue a career as a merchant, and, in 1683, he sailed to India as a factor in the East India Company.
"John Vanbrugh" published on by null. (1664–1726) English playwright and architect.After a varied career, eventually as a renowned playwright (The Relapse 1696; The Provok’d Wife 1697), Vanbrugh’s ambitions took a sudden and unexplained shift to ...
