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1705 In Architecture
The year 1705 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * March – The first of the principal buildings of Greenwich Hospital, London, the King Charles Court, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed. * November – In Williamsburg, capital of the Virginia colony in America, construction of the first Capitol building is completed. * Blenheim Palace is begun at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, designed by John Vanbrugh (completed 1722). * The Stadtpalais Liechtenstein in Vienna, Austria, is completed (started 1692). * Remodelling of the Jesuit Church, Vienna, by Andrea Pozzo is largely completed. Births * January 8 – Jacques-François Blondel, French architect (died 1774) * Charles Labelye, Swiss civil engineer (died 1762) * Approximate date – Richard Taliaferro, American architect working in Williamsburg, Virginia (died 1779) Deaths * Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham, English amateur architect (born 1632) References architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1692 In Architecture
Buildings and structures Buildings * 1690 ** The Sindone Chapel in Turin, Piedmont, designed by Guarino Guarini is completed. ** The Barrage Vauban, designed by Vauban and built by Jacques Tarade in Strasbourg, France, is completed * 1690–1700 – Two Baroque palaces in Vilnius, Sapieha Palace and Slushko Palace, designed by Pietro Perti, are erected. * 1689–1691 – Swallowfield Park, near Reading, Berkshire, England, designed by William Talman, is built. * 1691–1697 – Branicki Palace, Białystok, Poland, designed by Tylman van Gameren, is built. * 1692 ** St. Kazimierz Church, Warsaw, Poland, designed by Tylman van Gameren, is completed. ** Theatine Church, Munich, Bavaria, designed by Agostino Barelli in 1662, is substantially completed to the design of Enrico Zuccalli. * 1694 ** The Potala Palace in Lhasa is completed by construction of the Potrang Marpo ('Red Palace'). ** The Radziejowski Palace in Nieborów, Poland, designed by Tylman van Gameren, is buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1705 Works
Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese magazine), a Japanese magazine Novels * ''Seventeen'' (Tarkington novel), a 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington *''Seventeen'' (''Sebuntiin''), a 1961 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe * ''Seventeen'' (Serafin novel), a 2004 novel by Shan Serafin Stage and screen Film * ''Seventeen'' (1916 film), an American silent comedy film *''Number Seventeen'', a 1932 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Seventeen'' (1940 film), an American comedy film *'' Eric Soya's '17''' (Danish: ''Sytten''), a 1965 Danish comedy film * ''Seventeen'' (1985 film), a documentary film * ''17 Again'' (film), a 2009 film whose working title was ''17'' * ''Seventeen'' (2019 film), a Spanish drama film Television * ''Seventeen'' (TV drama), a 1994 UK dramatic short starring Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1630s In Architecture
__TOC__ Buildings and structures Buildings * 1630s – Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan in Lahore is built. * 1630–1631 – Church of San Caio in Rome rebuilt by Francesco Peparelli and Vincenzo della Greca. * 1630–1635 – The Pearl Mosque at Lahore Fort is built. * 1631 – Work starts on the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, designed by Baldassare Longhena. * 1632 ** College chapel of Peterhouse, Cambridge, England, is consecrated. ** Work starts on the Taj Mahal, probably designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. * 1633 ** Completion of the Palazzo Barberini in Rome by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (begun 1627 by Maderno). ** Reconstruction of the Great Synagogue of Vilna completed. ** Completion of St Columb's Cathedral, Derry, Ireland, designed by William Parrott, the first post-Reformation Anglican cathedral built in the British Isles and the first Protestant cathedral built in Europe. ** St Paul's, Covent Garden, designed by Inigo Jones, opened to worsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Wilbraham
Elizabeth, Lady Wilbraham (née Mytton; 14 February 1632 – 27 July 1705) was a member of the English aristocracy, who traditionally has been identified as an important architectural patron. It has been suggested that she was the first woman architect, and whose work may have been attributed to men. However, this is disputed by architectural historians. Early years Elizabeth Mytton was born into a wealthy family and, aged 19, she married Thomas Wilbraham,Jay Merric''Elizabeth Wilbraham, the first lady of architecture'' ''The Independent'', 16 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-06. heir to the Baronetcy of Wilbraham. They went on honeymoon together, travelling throughout Europe. She made this an opportunity to take an extended architectural study tour. In the Netherlands, Elizabeth Wilbraham met architect Pieter Post, creator of the Dutch baroque style of architecture. She studied the works of Palladio in Veneto, Italy and the Stadtresidenz at Landshut, Germany.John Milla''The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1779 In Architecture
The year 1779 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * St Paul's Square, Birmingham, England. * South façade of Stowe House, England, completed in the neoclassical style based on a design by Robert Adam. * Robert Adam completes his remodelling of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath, London. * New Church of Ireland Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, designed by John Roberts, completed. * Fridericianum in Kassel (Hesse), designed by Simon Louis du Ry, completed. * Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux, completed. * The Piece Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire, opened 1 January 1779, Grade 1 listed Cloth Hall. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Guy de Gisors and Père François Jacques Lannoy. Births * April 10 – James Savage, English architect (died 1852) * July 8 – Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851) * Edward Lapidge, English architect (died 1860) Deaths * September 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Taliaferro
Richard Taliaferro ( ; –1779) was a colonial architect and builder in Williamsburg, Virginia, in what is now the United States. Among his works is Wythe House, a Georgian-style building that was built in 1750 or 1755. It was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1970. and Other works were public buildings, including the Governor's Palace, the Capitol, and the President's House at the College of William & Mary. Richard Taliaferro was born about 1705 to an Anglo-Italian family, the Taliaferros, who had settled in Virginia in the early 17th century from London. He lived most of his adult life at his plantation, Powhatan, in James City County outside Williamsburg. Taliaferro built the Wythe House in Williamsburg for his daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, George Wythe. In his 1775 will, he gave them life tenancy in the house upon his death: "In the name of God Amen, I, Richard Taliaferro of the Parish and county of James City, being aged, but of sound mind an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1762 In Architecture
The year 1762 in architecture involved some significant events. Events *King George III of the United Kingdom begins remodelling Buckingham Palace as his family's main London residence. *Construction of the Petit Trianon in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in France to the design of Ange-Jacques Gabriel begins. *Construction of the Brick Market in Newport, Rhode Island, to the design of Peter Harrison begins (completed 1772). Buildings and structures Buildings *Milsom Street, Bath, England, is built by Thomas Lightholder. * Plymouth Synagogue in England, the oldest synagogue built by Ashkenazi Jews in the English-speaking world, is built, apparently without an architect. *St George's German Lutheran Church in London is built. * Old St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Smith after Palladio, is completed. *Old City Hall (Aalborg) in Denmark, built by Daniel Popp, is completed. *Old State House (Providence, Rhode Island) is substantially completed. *Fane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Labelye
Charles Labelye (1705, Vevey, Switzerland – 1762) was a Swiss bridge engineer and mathematician. Moving to England in the 1720s and receiving patronage from the Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke, he is best known there for his work on the original Westminster Bridge (rebuilt in 1854–62) and his invention on that project of caissons as a method of bridge-building. This was praised on its completion, though during the period of construction he received heavy criticism from ill-informed observers, which worsened his health. Other British projects of his were Brentford Bridge (1740–42), London Bridge (his consultations were sought in 1746 but not acted upon by the corporation of London), designs for a harbour at Sandwich (engraved by Harris about 1740) and reports on the port and harbour facilities at Great Yarmouth (1747) and Sunderland (1748, also with suggested improvements to the River Wear). An act of parliament in 1746 (19 Geo. II, cap. 26) naturalised him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1774 In Architecture
The year 1774 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland, designed by William Buckland is begun and largely completed before the architect's death, the only surviving example of American colonial architecture based on a design by Palladio. * Original construction of Château de Bénouville in Normandy, designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux is completed. * Royal Crescent in Bath, England, designed by John Wood, the Younger is completed. * Dundas House in New Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by William Chambers, is completed. * Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire, England is completed (much later and after reconstruction the private country home of Anne, Princess Royal). * Clifton House, Belfast in the north of Ireland, a poorhouse designed by Mr Cooley, is opened. * Włodawa Synagogue in Poland is completed. * Basilica church of Santissima Annunziata Maggiore, Naples, designed by Luigi Vanvite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-François Blondel
Jacques-François Blondel (8 January 1705 – 9 January 1774) was an 18th-century French architect and teacher. After running his own highly successful school of architecture for many years, he was appointed Professor of Architecture at the Académie Royale d'Architecture in 1762, and his ''Cours d'architecture'' ("Course of Architecture", 1771–1777) largely superseded a similarly titled book published in 1675 by his famous namesake, François Blondel, who had occupied the same post in the late 17th century. Career Born in Rouen, he initially trained under his uncle Jean-François Blondel (1683–1756), architect of Rouen. Jacques-François was in Paris by 1726 and continued his studies with Gilles-Marie Oppenord, from whom he acquired a knowledge of rococo. He also worked with Jean Mariette, contributing to the latter's ''L'Architecture françoise'' (1727, 1738), as a writer and as an architectural engraver. Blondel developed into a conservative and thorough architect, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Pozzo
Andrea Pozzo (; Latinized version: ''Andreas Puteus''; 30 November 1642 – 31 August 1709) was an Italian Jesuit brother, Baroque painter, architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician. Pozzo was best known for his grandiose frescoes using the technique of quadratura to create an illusion of three-dimensional space on flat surfaces. His masterpiece is the nave ceiling of the Church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome. Through his techniques, he became one of the most noteworthy figures of the Baroque period. He is also noted for the architectural plans of Ljubljana Cathedral (1700), inspired by the designs of the Jesuit churches Il Gesù and S. Ignazio in Rome. Biography Early years Born in Trento (then under Austrian rule), he studied Humanities at the local Jesuit High School. Showing artistic inclinations he was sent by his father to work with an artist; Pozzo was then 17 years old (in 1659). Judging by aspects of his early style this initial artistic training came p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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