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24 de mar. de 2022 · The curator suggested “Sir John Soane’s House and Museum,” although he thought it might well become, in general usage, “Sir John Soane’s House.” In his memorandum Bolton pointed out that it was “not intended to be a Museum in the modern sense of the word” and advocated dropping “museum” (while “library” had already disappeared of its own accord).
John Soane, ultimo figlio di un mastro muratore, nacque nel 1753 vicino a Reading, nel Berkshire. Nel 1768, su impulso dell’agronomo James Peacock, divenne allievo dell’intraprendente George Dance il Giovane, appena subentrato al padre nella professione di architetto municipale. Peacock e Dance fornirono a Soane, desideroso di migliorare la ...
2 de oct. de 2019 · Sir John Soane's Museum/Gareth Gardner. La colección de Soane siguió creciendo, hasta tal punto que en 1812, se hizo con la casa del número 13 y en 1823, con el número 14, del que demolió las traseras para hacer una ampliación de la parte ya construida, donde colocó la amarilla sala de dibujo, y conectar todo entre sí.
Contexto Obras. Desde 1790 Soane fue arquitecto del Banco de Inglaterra , que remodeló y amplió durante décadas. Su concepción parte de una eminente preocupación funcional por la distribución racional de los espacios y de un sentido de la elegancia arquitectónica basado en la claridad lineal y en la moderación en los ornamentos. En ...
23 de mar. de 2022 · His eldest, John, died in 1823 and George found success as a writer, amid struggles with debts and a litigious relationship with his father that nearly prevented the preservation of Soane’s Museum, as detailed in Stroud 1961. Tragedy followed the latter decades of Soane’s life: although he underwent risky cataract surgery in 1825, Soane ...
In this section, discover the highlights of Sir John Soane’s world-class collection. One of the most successful British architects of his era, Soane was also a passionate educator, elected as a Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy in 1806. This provided Soane the initial motivation to collect: he states that upon his appointment “I began to arrange the books, casts, and models ...
This early twentieth century cooking range was purchased in 1902, replacing a 'new open range with water boiler' that had replaced the original Soane range in 1875-76: a modernisation for the benefit of the resident Porter, whose family lived in the basement kitchen area and used the range to cook their meals and heat water. This arrangement lasted until after the Second World War when the ...
