| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: London, England, United Kingdom | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1824-1825 (creation); 1828 (alteration) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Burton, Decimus | en_US |
| dc.creator | Henning, John, II | en_US |
| dc.date | 1824-1825 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-20T15:52:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-12-20T15:52:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1824-1825 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 177862 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2082 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/83003 | |
| dc.description | Context view, looking southeast from Hyde Park, showing the north flank; Burton's numerous contributions to London in an adaptable but scholarly Greek Revival manner, which are in some ways analogous to the achievement of Karl Friedrich Schinkel in Berlin, include the Ionic screen at Hyde Park Corner (1824-1825). The screen and arch at Hyde Park Corner were commissioned by the Office of Woods and Forests as part of an ambition to extend to the gates of the park the monumentality of Buckingham Palace as newly enlarged by Nash. Burton’s arch is a version of the Arch of Titus in Rome, while his chaste Ionic screen may have been inspired by Henry Holland’s at Carlton House, which was being demolished at about this time. In 1888 the arch was unfortunately moved to a position on the axis of Constitution Hill, thus destroying its relation to the screen. In 1828 Henning provided classical reliefs for the frieze of the central arch of the screen. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/15/2010) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | City planning | en_US |
| dc.subject | parks (recreation areas) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Greek Revival | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nineteenth century | en_US |
| dc.title | Hyde Park Corner Screen | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-BDE-HPCS-A2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | British | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) carving (processes) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | colonnade | en_US |
| vra.worktype | gate | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Decimus Burton (British architect, 1800-1881); John Henning II (British sculptor, 1802-1857) | en_US |
