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dc.coverage.spatialSite: London, England, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1792-1824 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorSoane, Johnen_US
dc.date1792-1824en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-14T14:42:00Z
dc.date.available2013-03-14T14:42:00Z
dc.date.issued1792-1824en_US
dc.identifier199645en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1228en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/107407
dc.descriptionClose side view of No. 12, 13 and 14 Lincoln's Inn Fields from left to right respectively, depicting projecting bay of No. 13; In 1792 he had purchased No. 12, and in 1808-1809, on the site of the former stables at the back of No. 13, the adjoining house, he built a domed gallery to house plaster casts. In 1812 he built a new house for himself at No. 13, retaining the Dome behind No. 12, and in 1823-1824 built a Picture Room and Monk's Parlour on the site of the stables of No. 14. The result was a Picturesque warren of interlocking rooms on different levels, with dramatic contrasts of light and shade so disposed as to create what Soane called the 'poetry of architecture'. It expressed the qualities of 'variety and intricacy', advocated by Reynolds in his 13th Discourse (1786) and by Uvedale Price in his Essay on the Picturesque (1794), which lay at the heart of Picturesque theory. Soane's preoccupation with light was also shared by his friend Turner, whose late style of painting might be seen as a parallel to the architectural style of Soane. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumbricken_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectArt museumsen_US
dc.subjectArtists' studiosen_US
dc.subjectNeoclassicalen_US
dc.subjectPicturesque, theen_US
dc.titleSir John Soane's Museumen_US
dc.title.alternativeSoane Houseen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-SSJ-SH-B1en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeart museumen_US
vra.worktypestudio (work space)en_US
vra.worktypehouseen_US
dc.contributor.displayJohn Soane (British architect, 1753-1837)en_US


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