Chronology Entry
Year
1750
Text
Brief von Horace Walpole an Horace Mann. (25 Febr.)
Er schreibt : "Columns and all their beautiful ornaments look ridiculous when corwded into a closet or a cheesecake house. The variety is little, and admits no charming irregularities. I am almost as fond of the Sharawaggi, or Chinese want of symmetry, in buildings, as in grounds or gardens. I am sure whenever you come to England, you will be pleased with the liberty of tase into which we are struck, and of which you can have no idea."
Er schreibt : "Columns and all their beautiful ornaments look ridiculous when corwded into a closet or a cheesecake house. The variety is little, and admits no charming irregularities. I am almost as fond of the Sharawaggi, or Chinese want of symmetry, in buildings, as in grounds or gardens. I am sure whenever you come to England, you will be pleased with the liberty of tase into which we are struck, and of which you can have no idea."
Mentioned People (1)
Walpole, Horace
(London 1717-1797 London) : Schriftsteller, Kunsthistoriker, Politiker, Gelehrter
Subjects
Art : Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1999 | Porter, David. From Chinese to Goth : Walpole and the gothic repudiation of chinoiserie. In : Eighteenth-century life ; vol. 23, no 1 (1999). | Publication / Walp2 |
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