Chronology Entry
Year
1755
Text
Brief von Horace Walpole an Richard Bentley. (4 Aug.)
Er schreibt : "When I every day see Greek and Roman and Italian and Chinese and Gothic architecture embroidered and inlaid upon one another, or called by each other's names, I couldn't help thinking that the grace and simplicity and truth of your taste, in whichever you undertake, is real taste."
Er schreibt : "When I every day see Greek and Roman and Italian and Chinese and Gothic architecture embroidered and inlaid upon one another, or called by each other's names, I couldn't help thinking that the grace and simplicity and truth of your taste, in whichever you undertake, is real taste."
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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