RANGERS HOUSE

GEORGIAN ART

Portrait of Lady Alice Wernher, by John Singer Sargent.

HILL HALL This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country, and two rare and outstanding sets of 16th century wall paintings of mythical and Biblical subjects. Hill Hall has now been divided into private houses, but parts remain open to the public by prior arrangement.

AN IMPORTANT LINK INTO THE CREATION AND ORIGINS OF THE CLASSICAL ERA IN EUROPE

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THE CLASSICAL PERIOD: THE MUSIC THAT HELPED DEFINE THE ERA.

THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1775-1825)

The Baroque period culminated in the masterpieces of J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel. In the middle of the eighteenth century, contemporaneous with the mature years of Bach and Handel, a new musical style developed that is known as Rococo or preclassical style. This style is most evident in keyboard and orchestral music, but it is mentioned here because it represented a transition from the Baroque to the Classical era, occurring between 1725 and 1770.
In the world of painting, Rococo style is characterized by delicate colors, many decorative details, and a graceful and intimate mood. Similarly, music in the Rococo style is homophonic and light in texture, melodic, and elaborately ornamented. In France, the term for this was style galant (gallant or elegant style) and in Germany (sensitive style). François Couperin (1668-1733), in France, and two of the sons of J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach (1714-1788) and Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), in Germany, were important composers of music in the Rococo style.
In the second half of the eighteenth century, a reaction against Rococo style occurred. There were objections to its lack of depth and to the use of decoration and ornamentation for their own sake. This led to the development of Classical style.
The Classical period itself lasted from approximately 1775 to 1825. The name classical is applied to the period because in art and literature, there was keen interest in, admiration for, and emulation of the classical artistic and literary heritage of Greece and Rome.
Intellectually, this era has also been labeled the Age of Enlightenment. Philosophers such as Rousseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu wrote of the value of the common person and the power of human reasoning in overcoming the problems of the world. This revolution in thinking inevitably led to conflict between the old order and new ideas. The French and American revolutions in the last quarter of the eighteenth century were stimulated by this new attitude.
The musical scene in the classical period reflected the changes occurring in the society in which the music was being written. This was the first era in music history in which public concerts became an important part of the musical scene. Music was still being composed for the church and the court, but the advent of public concerts reflected the new view that music should be written for the enjoyment and entertainment of the common person.
Unlike the Renaissance or Baroque eras, which included many important composers and trends, the choral music of the classical era was dominated by three composers: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), and Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). For the first time, during the Classical period most of the important stylistic advances that occurred can be observed most clearly in the instrumental forms: the symphony, concerto, sonata, and in instrumental chamber music (e.g., the Beethoven string quartets). Church music tended to be more conservative than secular compositions, which also helps to explain why stylistic innovations were seen most clearly in instrumental music but were less prevalent in the choral music of the period.
Choral and instrumental forms overlapped during the Classical period to an unprecedented degree. Forms developed in the instrumental area were appropriated and used to good effect in choral music. Sonata allegro form, for example, often found in sonata or symphony movements, is also used in sections of classical masses. Beethoven included choral sections in two instrumental works, his Choral Fantasia and the Ninth Symphony.
This period in music history is sometimes referred to as "the Viennese Classic period," and it was centered in Vienna. Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart, though none was a native Viennese, all worked in Vienna for significant periods in their careers. Although Vienna was the focal point for musical activity of the period, classical music is not parochial but universal in spirit and in style.

http://cmed.faculty.ku.edu/private/classical.html

APPULDURCOMBE HOUSE

Once the grandest and most striking house on the Isle of Wight, Appuldurcombe's 18th century baroque elegance is still notable today in the partly restored shell of the building. Admire the delightful east front and stroll peacefully through 'Capability' Brown's idyllic ornamental 11 acres of grounds.

An  important  example  of  English  baroque  Architecture:  the  1701  east  front  has  now  been  restored. It stands  in  'Capability'  Brown-designed  grounds.

This  is  but  the  very  essence  of  the  classical  period,  which  takes  the  very  strongest  position.
the  thing  for  me  about  house  is,  the  symmetry  and  perfect  allignment  of  the  properties  structure,  giving  it  a  regal  and  almost  royal  affinity.
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NUMBERS 52 TO 64 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS AND RAILINGS, 52-64 DURNFORD STREET

Photographer Gerald Rendle

attached forecourt walls and railings GV II Planned terrace of houses. Probably very early C19 plus some C20 alteration. Stucco and render; dry slate or asbestos slate roofs, No.56 with later mansard roof, hipped dormers to the others; deep-plan brick end stacks. Double-depth plan plus service wings at rear. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attic over basement; each house a 3-window range except for No.58 which has tripartite sash with pilasters and cornice to 1st floor. No.62 (2nd from left) has original hornless sashes with glazing bars, otherwise later horned sashes. Nos 54, 56 and 62 have pilastered doorways with open pediments and fluted friezes; No.58 has pilasters, entablature and large overlight; panelled reveals and doors. Left-hand return of No.64 has 2-storey 3-bay timber and glass porch on a Plymouth limestone plinth with masonry brought to course. Ionic pilasters and central pediment to ground floor, panelled pilasters above; panelled aprons and moulded entablature; transomed 2-light windows. INTERIOR: not inspected but may retain original features of interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: low plinths on basement walls surmounted by wrought-iron railings with urn finials. Part of a planned late Georgian street, laid out in 1773.

76A New Cavendish St. Marylebone, City of Westminster, Greater London

Photographer John Malaiperuman, 

76A New Cavendish Street GV II Terraced houses. Dated 1910. Probably designed by Boehmer and Gibbs. Red brick, Portland stone dressings; slate hipped roof to parapet. Returned early Georgian revival manner. Corner site. 4 storeys plus dormers. Facade to Harley Street of 6 bays treated as almost symmetrical pair of houses. Alternating brick and stone quoins. Channelled stone to ground floor. Square headed segmental hooded architraved entrance to third bay from right. Square headed flush framed sashed windows, architraved above ground floor, glazing bars; outer pairs of bays each with semicircular bay windows rising from ground into second floor, with triplet windows to each floor. Stone band above second floor. Enriched modillion cornice above third floor. Pair of triplet dormer windows with central pediment to each. Slab chimneys. Return similar. Wrought iron area railings.

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Presidential Palace in New Dehli, India - Formally The Governor Generals Palace, Pre-independant India

Power, Influence and knowledge come hand in hand....

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