"Published for Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York" -- t.p.
Contents:
Introduction: evaluations and reassessments of William Kent: a historiography / Susan Weber -- Chronology -- William Kent: a life / John Harris -- The royal court, political culture, and the art of friendship, c.1685-1750 / Clarissa Campbell Orr -- Kent's patrons / Catherine Arbuthnott -- Kent and Italy / Steven Brindle -- Kent the painter / Steven Brindle -- Architectural and ornamental draftsman / John Harris -- Town houses / David Watkin -- From 'gusto' to 'Kentissime': Kent's designs for country houses, villas, and lodges / Julius Bryant -- A note on 'Kent' frames / Julius Bryant -- Kent and the Gothic Revival / Roger White -- Royal commissions / Steven Brindle -- The royal barge / Geoffrey Beard and John Hardy -- Public commissions / Frank Salmon -- Landscape architecture / John Dixon Hunt -- Garden buildings / John Harris -- Kent as book illustrator / Nick Savage -- The well of inspiration: sources for Kent's furniture designs / Susan Weber -- Kent and the Georgian Baroque style in furniture: domestic commissions / Susan Weber -- Kent's metalwork designs / Michael Snodin -- Exempla vertutis: designs for sculpture / Julius Bryant -- The legacy / Tim Knox.
Subject Terms:
Kent, William, 1685-1748 -- Criticism and interpretation. | Architecture -- Great Britain -- 18th century. | Decoration and ornament -- Great Britain -- 18th century. | Landscape architecture -- Great Britain -- 18th century. | Furniture -- Great Britain -- 18th century.
Contributors:
Weber, Susan, 1954- editor of compilation. | Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, host institution.