10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FONTHILL ABBEY»
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Fonthill Abbey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Phantom of
Fonthill Abbey
Diva Jefferson. if anyone did live there, they never came out to relish the beautiful
countryside that surrounded their home. The courtyard was immaculate,
spanning most of the hillside. A person or two was surely living there to be able to
keep ...
2
Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales
Wrexham, U.K.: Wrexham Area Civic Society, 1991. hen it was built at the turn of
the nineteenth century, Fonthill Abbey V V was the most sensational house in the
country. Achieving the goal of its owner, it was a sublime interpretation of Gothic ...
3
The Beckford Family. Reminiscences of
Fonthill Abbey and ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Gregory William Henry Sir 1817-1892, HardPress, 2013
4
The Life and Letters of William Beckford, of
Fonthill ...
Gothic structure known as Fonthill Abbey, and in laying out the surrounding
grounds. Whatever may be said against the Abbey, no one has anything but
praise for the gardens and park, which were, indeed, singularly beautiful. Once
when ...
Lewis Melville, Lewis Saul Benjamin, James Sargant Storer, 1910
5
A Description Of
Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire (1812)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
6
The valuable library of books in (The unique and splendid ...
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Fonthill abbey, John Farquhar, 1823
7
The life and letters of William Beckford of
Fonthill
A DESCRIPTION OF FONTHILL ABBEY, WILTSHIRE The public curiosity has
been much excited for several years, by the building of a lofty Tower in the
conventual style of architecture, among the woody eminences of Fonthill, in the
county of ...
Lewis Saul Benjamin, William Beckford, 1910
8
The Valuable Library of Books in
Fonthill Abbey. a Catalogue ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
9
Slavery and the Culture of Taste
associated with English Palladianism, Fonthill Abbey was designed to resemble
what James Lees-Milne has aptly called “a Catholic cathedral in Protestant
England.”134 Like the tower rising from its center, Beckford's new house stood
out as ...
10
Archaeologies of Sexuality
1800 in south Wiltshire, about twenty miles from the city of Salisbury: his
fantastical residence 'Fonthill Abbey'. My purpose, however, is not to develop a
substantive archaeological reconstruction and interpretation of Fonthill Abbey,
which no ...
Robert A. Schmidt, Barbara L. Voss, 2000
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FONTHILL ABBEY»
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Ceramics in America 2014
Later it was one of “the rarest articles of virtue” in the collection of William Thomas Beckford at Fonthill Abbey. When it was advertised for sale in ... «Maine Antique Digest, Jun 15»
Turner's art on show at Salisbury Museum
The focus then moves to the neo-gothic Fonthill Abbey, which Turner painted for the wealthy William Beckford. The final section of the exhibition ... «Salisbury Journal, Jun 15»
Exhibition review: Turner's Wessex at The Salisbury Museum
ford, whose neo-Gothic Fonthill Abbey, some 10 miles from Stourhead—destroyed in 1825 following the repeated collapse of its 276ft ... «Country Life, May 15»
Turner exhibition opens at Salisbury Museum
The focus then moves to the neo-gothic Fonthill Abbey, which Turner painted for the wealthy William Beckford. The final section of the exhibition ... «Salisbury Journal, May 15»
JMW Turner exhibition at Salisbury Museum
... that Turner began his career here in Salisbury, painting the town, its magnificent cathedral and the extraordinary Fonthill Abbey nearby," said ... «Blackmore Vale Magazine, Mar 15»
Award-Winning Nix Released for Free
Nix tasks players with solving a series of puzzles in order to virtually reconstruct Fonthill Abbey, a country house once based in Wiltshire, UK ... «VRFocus, Nov 14»
Gothic: the stuff of nightmares
Model of Gothic revival country house Fonthill Abbey, on loan from Beckford's Tower and Museum, Bath. Photo: Tony Antoniou. Terror and ... «Creative Review, Nov 14»
New Nix Screenshots Revealed
Nix is a virtual reality (VR) experience that takes the player underwater and through a decaying ruin based on the real-world Fonthill Abbey, ... «VRFocus, Nov 14»
Virtual Reality title wins British Library's Off the Map competition
... the now-demolished country house of Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire. ... architectural model of Fonthill Abbey is currently on display in Terror and ... «Digital Spy UK, Oct 14»
VR Puzzle Title Nix Wins Off The Map 2014 Award with CryEngine 3
Using the Oculus Rift head-mounted display (HMD), the title tasks players with solving puzzles to reconstruct Fonthill Abbey, a country house ... «VRFocus, Oct 14»
