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Nathaniel Clements, 1705-77

Politics, Fashion and Architecture in Mid-Eighteenth Century Ireland

Nathaniel Clements, 1705-77( )
Author: Malcomson, A. P. W.
ISBN:978-1-85182-914-9
Publication Date:Jan 2015
Publisher:Four Courts Press
Book Format:Hardback
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Book Description:

This book argues that Nathaniel Clements (1705-77) was an enlightened patron of architecture, not a practicing architect, and that he influenced upper-class residential development in Dublin and popularized a particular form of Palladian 'villa-farm' (or modest country house) partly because of who he was - a high-ranking and well-connected government official and an arbiter of fashion and taste. The two places where his architectural influence is still strongly felt today are the...
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Book Details
Pages:288
Detailed Subjects: Architecture / Regional
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.875 x 23.495 x 2.794 cm
Book Weight:0.614 Kilograms



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