Main entry:

Doderer-Winkler, Melanie.

Title & Author:

Magnificent entertainments : temporary architecture for Georgian festivals / Melanie Doderer-Winkler.

Publication:

New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art : Yale University Press, [2013]

Description:

ix, 255 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
Temporary Structures for Fireworks and Private Entertainments -- Delightful Pleasures at Vauxhall Gardens -- llumination Nights Lighting Up in Celebration --Temporary Decorations on Tables and Floors -- Regency Fetes and the Great Jubilee of 1814 -- Appendices. Green Park Royal Fireworks, 1749, full description ; The Entertainment of George III and Queen Charlotte at Guildhall, 28 February 1761 ; Boodle's Fete at Ranelagh Gardens, 2 June 1802 ; White's Subscription Fete in Honour of The Duke of Wellington at Burlington House, 1 June 1814 ; The Grand Jubilee, 1 August 1814.

Summary:

Drawing on primary sources such as commemorative prints, newspaper accounts, and diary entries, this book investigates just how essential these fanciful designs were in creating events with lasting impact and popular appeal. The author also delves into the various materials used for construction and embellishment: applications of sugar, sand, marble dust, or chalk lent lustre and colour to surfaces, while stand-alone firework temples and temporary reception rooms were often crafted of little more than wood, canvas, paint, and paste.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780300186420 (hardback)
0300186428 (hardback)

Subject:

Festival architecture England.
Architecture, Georgian Themes, motives.
Architecture de fête Angleterre.
Architecture Georgian Thèmes, motifs.
ARCHITECTURE Decoration & Ornament.
ARCHITECTURE History Baroque & Rococo.
HISTORY Europe Great Britain.
HISTORY Modern 18th Century.
Architecture and Planning.
Festival architecture.
Festdekoration
Illumination
Temporäre Architektur
Arkitektur historia.
Festivaler.
England.
Großbritannien

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284383
Call No.: BIB 223204
Status: Available