Vanbrugh, Sir John
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Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664–1726), dramatist and architect. He produced
The Relapse, or Virtue in Danger (1696), with immense success, and
The Provok'd Wife (1697). His other principal comedies are
The Confederacy (1705), and
The Provok'd Husband, which he left unfinished and C.
Cibber completed and brought out in 1728. He, together with
Congreve, was specially attacked by Jeremy
Collier in his
Short View.
Vanbrugh's first building was Castle Howard, 1699–1726. This already shows the grandeur and dramatic quality of his style, which reaches its climax in Blenheim Palace.
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Telling tales: has Vaughan Hart solved the riddles of Vanbrugh.(Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone VAUGHAN HART Yale...9780300119299 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Vanbrugh is an intimidating subject for an author...mannered while transcending the academic, Vanbrugh, like Hawksmoor, achieves effects of...
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Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...established the dates and factual details of Vanbrugh's masterpieces like Castle Howard...music, heraldry and politics. Hart sees Vanbrugh's buildings as an architectural expression...Fascinating links are drawn between Vanbrugh's plays and his garden design: 'as...
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SIR JOHN VANBRUGH AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN BAROQUE ENGLAND 1690-1730.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 10/1/2000; ; 644 words
; ...essays by different scholars is that Vanbrugh was in. India in 1683-85 as a junior...reproduces a previously unpublished plan by Vanbrugh of 1711 for a six acre garden cemetery...he claims, is based on the cemetery Vanbrugh knew at Surat on the west coast of India...
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Vanbrugh house finally to be built - 300 years late
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/19/2003; ; 700+ words
; A NEW HOUSE designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, the acclaimed architect behind...new home built using designs by Vanbrugh which he found in the archives...that building a home designed by Vanbrugh - who is best known today because...
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Vanbrugh's Indian villa: how did a country house by Vanbrugh become the prototype for a nawab's hunting lodge in Lucknow?(ARCHITECTURE)(John Vanbrugh, Saadat All Khan)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...that strange and romantic pile by Sir John Vanbrugh in Northumberland, mentioning...including that curious creation by Vanbrugh, dislocated in both space and...architect was the long-dead Sir John Vanbrugh, whose design for Seaton...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Vanbrugh show.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 10/16/2001; 200 words
; AN EXHIBITION devoted to the work of Chester architect Sir John Vanbrugh will be on display at the King's School on Wrexham Road from October 26 to November 12.
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"The deep reserves of man": anxiety in Vanbrugh's 'The Relapse.' (John Vanbrugh)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...provided the inspiration for Vanbrugh's sequel The Relapse (November...Virtue" (V.iii.35-36). Vanbrugh in his sequel takes on both...from Love's Last Shift, Sir Novelty Fashion, originally an insipidly affected fop part. Vanbrugh in The Relapse allows Sir Novelty...
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Sir John makes a return visit; Architect heads back to hall.
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 4/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...Northumbrian mansion. The colourful Sir John Vanbrugh returned to Seaton Delaval Hall...and surrounding 450 acres. Sir John was played by actor Ray Alexander...property to the trust in settlement. Vanbrugh first attempted to pursue a career...
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Soane and the Grenvilles: Peter Inskip traces the story of Sir John Soane's work at Stowe, Buckingham House, Brasenose College, and Wotton House.(architects,works)(Grenvilles)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...of the eighteenth century, under Sir Richard Temple, Viscount Cobham...of the best architects available: Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726), James Gibbs (1682...1776-1839), was dominated by Sir John Soane (1753-1837) and for more...
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Shakespeare in stone: the national trust's plans to acquire Seaton Delaval Hall are a tribute to a genius who has inspired writers and artists for centuries.(ARCHITECTURE)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 'Sir John Vanbrugh', wrote the historians Avray...workaholic, after all--but Vanbrugh's was extraordinary. Soldier...happy to acknowledge that 'Sir John Vanbrugh's genius was of the...
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Sir John Vanbrugh
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir John Vanbrugh Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726), English architect and dramatist, was...many heavy loads on thee!" Further Reading The Complete Works of Sir John Vanbrugh was published in four volumes in 1928. For selected plays by Vanbrugh...
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Vanbrugh, Sir John
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664–1726) English Baroque architect and dramatist, who worked with and was influenced by Sir Christopher Wren . Vanbrugh took London by storm with his witty Restoration comedies, The...
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Nicholas Hawksmoor
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...entered the service of Sir Christopher Wren at the...Hawksmoor was employed by Sir John Vanbrugh at Castle Howard, Yorkshire...of the work there after Vanbrugh's final rupture with...are considered in Sir John Summerson, Architecture...
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Blenheim palace
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill . Situated...Blenheim palace was given to John Churchill, 1st duke of...The architect was Sir John Vanbrugh , soldier and dramatist...x2019;. In 1699 Vanbrugh had prepared drawings...
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Her Majesty's Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...after Queen Anne. Designed by Sir John Vanbrugh , it opened in 1705 under the management...first plays to be given there being Vanbrugh's The Confederacy . The house...American productions which included John Patrick's The Teahouse of the...
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