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The magnificence of Castle Howard depends first and foremost on the complexity of the architecture. With its expansive plan, its richly decorated facades and its colossal, crowning dome, the original design of the house, as produced by Sir John Vanbrugh in about 1700, was like nothing before it in British architectural history (). 1 Amid this complexity and magnificence, however, we find an ...
29 de may. de 2018 · Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664–1726). English architect of Flemish descent, author of risqué plays (including The Provok'd Wife (1697) sketched while languishing in French gaols), herald, soldier, and wit. Architecture became his prime interest around 1699 when he made designs for Castle Howard, Yorks., for Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle ...
Vanbrugh et son associé William Congreve espéraient par cette entreprise renforcer la position du théâtre « légitime » à Londres, menacé qu'il était par des formes de spectacles plus hautes en couleurs telles que l'opéra, les jongleries, la pantomime (introduite par le producteur John Rich), les spectacles d'animaux, les troupes de danse itinérantes, et les tournées de chanteurs ...
John Vanbrugh was born in 1664 in London, the son of a cloth merchant of Dutch descent called Giles Vanbrook. He grew up in the Roman town of Chester and initially followed in his father's footsteps as a merchant, becoming a factor for the East India Company in Surat, India in 1683.
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 was of Flemish background, the grandson of a Haarlem merchant named van Brugg. 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 ...
1715: John Vanbrugh is reappointed as the Comptroller of the Board of Works. He works on designs for Claremont. He is also appointed Surveyor of Gardens and Waters. 1716: He spends the summer in the north of England. He succeeds Christopher Wren as Surveyor to the Greenwich Hospital.
