comedy in the 1690s, the "softer" comedies of William Congreve and John Vanbrugh reflected mutating cultural perceptions and great social change. The... 33 KB (4,402 words) - 13:57, 4 April 2024 |
Blenheim Palace (category John Vanbrugh buildings) duchess, and lasting damage to the reputation of the architect Sir John Vanbrugh. Designed in the rare, and short-lived, English Baroque style, architectural... 75 KB (8,773 words) - 08:24, 5 April 2024 |
Castle Howard (category John Vanbrugh buildings) creation of Castle Howard, began in 1699, with the start of design work by John Vanbrugh. It was completed with the decoration of the Long Gallery in 1811. The... 22 KB (2,272 words) - 23:12, 28 April 2024 |
Grimsthorpe Castle (category John Vanbrugh buildings) Sir John Vanbrugh to design a Baroque front to the house to celebrate his ennoblement as the first Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. It is Vanbrugh's last... 13 KB (1,555 words) - 18:20, 19 January 2024 |
Vanbrugh Castle is a house designed and built by John Vanbrugh for his own family, located on Maze Hill on the eastern edge of Greenwich Park in London... 9 KB (1,099 words) - 16:49, 1 January 2024 |
on the site was established in 1705 by the architect and playwright John Vanbrugh as the Queen's Theatre. Legitimate drama unaccompanied by music was... 70 KB (8,268 words) - 21:09, 22 December 2023 |
Kit-Cat Club (category John Vanbrugh) the club's membership were writers such as William Congreve, John Locke, Sir John Vanbrugh, and Joseph Addison, and politicians including Duke of Somerset... 10 KB (1,187 words) - 10:21, 12 January 2024 |
John Vanbrugh created many disparate works, and this is a list of many of the notable ones. Castle Howard, c. 1699 (west wing designed by Sir Thomas Robinson... 11 KB (1,124 words) - 18:35, 9 February 2024 |