William Kent (architect)

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William Kent

William Kent (* 1685 in Bridlington , Yorkshire , † April 12, 1748 in London ) was a trained landscape painter, leading English architect, garden designer and interior designer of the 18th century. He is considered a pioneer of the English landscape garden and, like Claude Lorrain, created an ideal model as a model for the planning of his open, unlimited park landscapes, in which the individual sections were delimited solely by trenches and enriched with architectural elements such as small ancient temples ( monoptera ) which were mostly built on hills and invited to linger and meditate.

His buildings include the Royal Mews , Horse Guards , Chiswick House and Burlington House in London, and Rousham House . He worked for Lord Cobham's Stowe House in Stowe (Buckinghamshire) , as well as u. a. for the landscaped gardens in Rousham , Stowe and Claremont and created numerous interiors and furniture, for example for Houghton Hall , Holkham Hall , Rousham House, and Hampton Court Palace . He was the patron of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington throughout his life .

Exhibitions

literature

  • Michael I. Wilson: William Kent. Architect, Designer, Painter, Gardener, 1685-1748 . Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1984, ISBN 0-710-09983-5 .
  • John Dixon Hunt, Peter Willis: William Kent, Landscape Garden Designer. An Assessment and Catalog of His Designs . Zwemmer, London 1987, ISBN 0-302-00600-1 ( Architects in perspective ).
  • Timothy Mowl: William Kent. Architect, designer, opportunist . Jonathan Cape, London 2006, ISBN 0-224-07350-8 .
  • Susan Weber: William Kent. Designing Georgian Britain , exhibition catalog. Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2013, ISBN 978-0-300196184 .

Web links

Commons : William Kent  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This is what England learned from Hanover in FAZ on April 15, 2014, page 11
personal data
SURNAME Kent, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English architect, garden designer and interior designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1685
PLACE OF BIRTH Bridlington , Yorkshire
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1748
Place of death London