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INTBAU: José de Hermosilla y Sandoval The period between the incendiary destruction of the old Alcazar in Madrid in 1734 and the death of Philip V in 1746 marked a critical moment in the history of eighteenth-century Spanish architecture, for the new Royal Palace became the principal residence of artistic patronage in Spain. That an unpublished manuscript on architecture should draw the attention of some of the most noted figures in mid eighteenth-century Rome is not only a reflection of Hermosilla’s experience and breadth of intelligence, but more importantly an indication of the widespread need for a new kind of architectural treatise. If authenticity in architecture is to have any importance in the future fabric of our cities, then architects will have to reintegrate themselves with the world of ideas and artefacts in a way not too dissimilar from that of José de Hermosilla in the mid-eighteenth century. www.intbau.org /essay4.htm

Kant, Immanuel -- Aesthetics [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] In 1746 financial difficulties forced him to withdraw from the University. According to the manner of presentation, he divides all fine arts into the arts of speech (especially poetry, which Kant ranks the highest of the arts), the arts of visual form (sculpture, architecture and painting), and the arts involving a play of sensible tones (music). After nine years supporting himself as a tutor to the children of several wealthy families in outlying districts, he returned to the University, finishing his degree and entering academic life, though at first (and for many years) in the modest capacity of a lecturer. www.iep.utm.edu /k/kantaest.htm   (16836 words)

Giacomo Leoni article - Giacomo Leoni 1686 1746 Venice disciple Florentine Leone Battista Alberti - What-Means.com He was a disciple of the Florentine architectural commentator and architect Leone Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472), the mentor of the architect Andrea Palladio 1508 - 1591. In the 18th century Leoni was to be an exponent of Palladio's work, and hence, was one of the architects responsible for what in England is loosely referred to as Georgian architecture which evolved from renaissance architecture. Giacomo Leoni's skill was to adapt Alberti and Palladio's ideals to suit the landed classes in the country-side, without abandoning the principles of the great masters. www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Giacomo_Leoni   (16836 words)

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects Bouguer’s Traite du Navire (1746) outlined for the first time ever the basic scientific principles of ship design, most of which are in use today. Naval architecture was born in the mountains of Peru, in the mind of a French astronomer named Pierre Bouguer who had never built a ship in his life. By way of comparison, Bouguer’s Traite du Navire did for naval architecture what Newton’s Principia Mathematica did for physics - it established a completely new paradigm that transformed the discipline from a trial-and-error craft into a rigorous, mathematically-based science. www.rina.org.uk /showarticle.pl?id=5750&n=220   (1179 words)

Part One - Bibliography (A-G) - Australia, Convicts and Profit James Broadbent, The Australian Colonial House: Architecture and Society in NSW, 1788-1842. Richard R. Beeman, 'Social Change and Cultural Conflict in Virginia: Lunenberg County, 1746 to 1774', William and Mary Quarterly, Series 3, Vol. James William C. Cumes, Their Chastity Was Not Too Rigid: Leisure Times in Early Australia. www.danbyrnes.com.au /bibliogs/profitbib.htm   (1179 words)

HAVEN - innovate - Friedrich Froebel I was especially struck by the sensual Froebel "gifts"--a set of geometric manipulatives that influenced the art and architecture of kindergarten graduates like Paul Klee and Frank Lloyd Wright. And Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) was Froebel's. I recognized in Froebel's gifts the roots of Maria Montessori's materials to help children discover for themselves. www.haven.net /edge/froebel.htm   (1179 words)

HAVEN - innovate - Friedrich Froebel And Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) was Froebel's. I was especially struck by the sensual Froebel " gifts "--a set of geometric manipulatives that influenced the art and architecture of kindergarten graduates like Paul Klee and Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1837, the German born Froebel was ahead of his time. www.haven.net /edge/froebel.htm   (1179 words)

Daily Telegraph (London, England): Masterbuilder James Wyatt 1746 -1813; Architecture Correspondent Giles Worsley continues his occasional series examining key figures in design.(Property)@ HighBeam Research Masterbuilder James Wyatt 1746 -1813; Architecture Correspondent Giles Worsley continues his occasional series examining key figures in design.(Property) Daily Telegraph (London, England): Masterbuilder James Wyatt 1746 -1813; Architecture Correspondent Giles Worsley continues his occasional series examining key figures in design.(Property)@ HighBeam Research James Wyatt shot to fame aged 23 when he designed the Pantheon in Oxford Street, a year after returning from his studies in Italy. www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:77298171&refid=holomed_1   (247 words)

Palladian architecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography Hoban, born in Callan, County Kilkenny, in 1762, studied architecture in Dublin, where Leinster House (built circa 1747) was one of the finest buildings at the time. When in 1746 the Duke of Bedford decided to rebuild Woburn Abbey, he chose the Palladian style for the design, as this was now the most fashionable of the era. At the forefront of the new school of design was the aristocratic "architect earl," Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, who saw baroque as a symbol of foreign absolutism. www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Palladian_architecture   (2885 words)

EuroScope: On-Line Guides: Ukraine: Vinnytsya They are usually shown to tourists during the city tour: the Dominican Cathedral (1624); Jesuit Monastery (1610); the Church of St.Nicholas (1746). Although Vinnytsya suffered terribly during World War II, some remnants of 17th-18th-century architecture remain. In some itineraries Vinnytsya could be a substitute for Khmelnytskiy and vice versa. pages.prodigy.net /euroscope/vinnytsya.html   (2885 words)

Aesthetic theories of David Hume and Immanuel Kant In 1746, Charles Batteux summarized the emerging view by proposing that the fine arts share a common principle in that they all imitate beautiful nature. The fine arts "are music, poetry, painting, drama, and the art of gesture or dance." The fine arts are to be distinguished from the mechanical arts (practical skills like farming and engineering) and from a third group, the arts that combine beauty and practical function (e.g., eloquence and architecture). Within a generation, Sir Joshua Reynolds lectured at the English Royal Academy endorsing Batteux's idea that good art surpasses any beauty found in nature. www.mnstate.edu /gracyk/courses/phil%20of%20art/hume_and_kant.htm   (2885 words)

Beckfordiana: James Wyatt Biography WYATT, JAMES (1746-1813), was the sixth son of Benjamin Wyatt of Weeford (q.v.). Many years later Wyatt himself told George III that "there had been no regular architecture since Sir William Chambers – that when he came from Italy he found the public taste corrupted by the Adams, and he was obliged to comply with it". Wyatt was one of the founders of the Architects' Club in 1791, and sometimes presided at its meetings at the Thatched House Tavern. beckford.c18.net /wbwyattbio.html   (1586 words)

White's 1857 Directory of Derbyshire - pages 188 to 200 John Taylor, in 1746, left one acre of land, lying on the upper side of the Round Meadow, in the Milly Laund, in Belper, the rent to be distributed to the poor. The Church, in Church street, dedicated to St. Peter, is a handsome stone edifice, in the decorated style of English architecture, and contains nave, chancel, north and south galleries, with a lofty tower, surmounted with pinnacles. John Taylor, in 1714, left £40, the interest to be distributed to the poor. www.n.f.wilson.btinternet.co.uk /188-200.htm   (4040 words)

Swellendam title contents go here Western Cape - properties South Africa Swellendam was founded in 1746 by the Governor of the Cape Province, Hendrik Swellengrebel, and his wife Helena ten Damme. Today Swellendam is a pretty place with wide streets in which you will see fine Cape Dutch and Victorian architecture. Swellendam lies in the Overberg region halfway between Cape Town and the Garden Route, 240 kilometres east of Cape Town on the N2: an ideal and charming stopover. www.realnethoutbay.co.za /south-africa/Western-Cape/Overberg/Swellendam.asp   (4040 words)

spain In architecture, Juan de Herrera (1530-97), the designer of the royal palace, monastery, and tomb of the Escorial, and the baroque architect José Churriguera (1650-1723) are among the most important names. Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was the outstanding Spanish painter and etcher of his time. Francisco Franco (1892-1975), the leader of the right-wing insurgency that led to the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), was chief of state during 1939-47 and lifetime regent of the Spanish monarchy after 1947. cms.westport.k12.ct.us /cmslmc/foreignlanguages/spain/spain.htm   (11921 words)

León, Nicaragua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia León has fine examples of Spanish Colonial architecture, including the grand Cathedral of San Pedro, built from 1706 to 1740, with two towers added in 1746 and 1779. For some years the capital shifted back and forth between León and Granada, Nicaragua, with Liberal regemes preferring León and Conservative ones Granada, until as a compromise Managua was agreed upon to be the permanent capital in 1858. León is a city in Nicaragua, Central America, located at 12.43°North, 86.89°West. www.meriden.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Le%f3n,_Nicaragua   (304 words)

Leon León has fine examples of Spanish Colonial architecture, including the grand Cathedral of San Pedro, built from 1706 to 1740, with two towers added in 1746 and 1779. León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. In 1950 the city of León had a population of 31,000 people. www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Le/Leon.html   (304 words)

Leon León has fine examples of Spanish Colonial architecture, including the grand Cathedral of San Pedro, built from 1706 to 1740, with two towers added in 1746 and 1779. León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. León is also an important industrial and commercial center for Nicaragua. www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Le/Leon.html   (304 words)

Leon León has fine examples of Spanish Colonial architecture, including the grand Cathedral of San Pedro, built from 1706 to 1740, with two towers added in 1746 and 1779. León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. León is the most populous city in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/Leon   (304 words)

Leon León has fine examples of Spanish Colonial architecture, including the grand Cathedral of San Pedro, built from 1706 to 1740, with two towers added in 1746 and 1779. León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. León is the most populous city in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/Leon   (304 words)

AnBk - Cat.: Science & technics With the volume of Stuart and Revett, it knowledgeably is the first accurate and intelligible account of Greek architecture and the ruins of Paestum, which had only been discovered in 1746. Charming image on vellum raised with colors representing a lady with a feather in the right hand (Sainte Barbe?) and who shows with her finger of the left hand an halation of light where it is possible to distinguish a face. Nice exemplary of this very estimated treatise of Pierre le Vieil (1708-1772) who was in charge of the restoration of stained glasses of several religious buildings that he carried out with a great skill. www.anticbooks.com /_uk/catalogue/_science.html   (304 words)

Palladian architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia When in 1746 the Duke of Bedford decided to rebuild Woburn Abbey, he chose the Palladian style for the design, as this was now the most fashionable of the era. Jefferson's Pantheon, or Rotunda, at the University of Virginia is undeniably Palladian in concept and style. This evolution of Palladianism as a style began in the 17th century and continued to develop until the end of the 18th century. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palladian   (304 words)

Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK An original fort in the star shape of a wide pentagon was built in 1746 by the 24 year old Duke of Cumberland, to counter a proposed French attack upon Portsmouth from Langstone Harbour, was built of earth and had a wooden stockade. It is the most impressive example of eighteenth century defensive architecture in England, and perhaps the best preserved example in Europe. Cumberland has a unique place in the history of fortifications. www.hants.gov.uk /discover/places/cumberland.html   (304 words)

Robert Adam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1746, he joined his older brother, John Adam, as an assistant to his father, and after William Adam’s death in 1748, the two brothers became partners in the family business, now known as 'Adam Brothers'. In 1754, Robert Adam set off for Europe on the Grand Tour of France and Italy, studying classical architecture and honing his drawing skills (his art tutors included French architect Charles Lois Clérisseau and architect and archaeologist Giovanni Battista Piranesi). He was the second son of William Adam (1689-1748) of Maryburgh, Fife, a stonemason and architect of some note, appointed Surveyor of the King's Works in Scotland in 1729 and Mason to the Board of Ordnance a year later. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Adam   (304 words)

Leon León has fine examples of Spanish Colonial architecture, including the grand Cathedral of San Pedro, built from 1706 to 1740, with two towers added in 1746 and 1779. León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. When Nicaragua withdrew from the United States of Central America in 1839, León became the capital of the new nation of Nicagagua. www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/LEON   (304 words)

John Rocque - a biography from the landscape architecture and Gardens Guide John Roque produced plans of London and of the gardens at Wrest Park (1735), Claremont (1738), Painshill (1744) and Wilton House (1746). John Rocque - a biography from the landscape architecture and Gardens Guide Index to gardeners biographies of garden designers, landscape architects and people who have influenced these arts www.gardenvisit.com /b/rocque.htm   (304 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Madrid-Alcala –San Pedro in the Calle de Segovia, is a building in Moorish architecture and dates from the fourteenth century. It was built in 1746 by Philip V and is known officially as San Ildefonso. San Francisco el Grande, the finest church in Madrid is modelled on the Pantheon at Rome, and was built in 1784. www.newadvent.org /cathen/09516a.htm   (304 words)

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