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British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
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12 February 1992 to 19 April 1992
An English Arcadia, 1600-1990: Designs for Gardens and Garden Buildings in the Care of the National Trust with Selected Objects from the CCA Collections
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British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
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Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
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19 July 1994 to 25 September 1994
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington, His Villa and Garden at Chiswick
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Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
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Transcript (sealed), Audio recording (master): 1 audiocassette (DAT) (sealed) (55 min., 8 sec.) : digital ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape, Audio recording (master): 1...
John Harris in conversation with Eric Abrahamson, 2006 May 23.
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1 medal : metal ; 20 cm (diam.) + 1 folded sheet ([4] pages : 1 illustration ; 21 cm)
[1999?] ([Chalford [England] : Pangolin Editions])
John Harris, MCMXCVIII [art original] / I.R.B.
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1 medal : metal ; 20 cm (diam.) + 1 folded sheet ([4] pages : 1 illustration ; 21 cm)
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[1999?] ([Chalford [England] : Pangolin Editions])
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132 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
London : Trefoil Books, 1981.
The Palladians / John Harris.
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132 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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London : Trefoil Books, 1981.
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x, 241 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
London : John Murray, 2002.
Echoing voices : more memories of a country house snooper / John Harris.
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x, 241 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
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London : John Murray, 2002.
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1 audiocassette (DAT) ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape. master, 2 audio discs (approximately 85 min.) ; 12 cm consultation copy
[1994]
[John Harris and Professor Jacques Carré lectures on Lord Burlington, his villa and gardens at Chiswick] [sound recording].
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1 audiocassette (DAT) ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape. master, 2 audio discs (approximately 85 min.) ; 12 cm consultation copy
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[1994]
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xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
London : John Murray, ©1998 (1999 printing)
No voice from the hall : early memories of a country house snooper / John Harris.
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xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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London : John Murray, ©1998 (1999 printing)