Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now

Seven Scenes from the Life of a House

Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now
John-Paul Stonard, The Duke of Devonshire, The Duchess of Devonshire
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Hardback
h293 x 193mm - 420pg
7 Oct 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780241461914
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A strikingly modern portrait of Chatsworth, the grandest of English country housesNo house embodies the spirit of one dynasty better than Chatsworth. Set in an unspoilt Derbyshire valley, surrounded by wild moorland, and home to the Cavendish family for sixteen generations, this treasure house is filled with works of art and objects-from Nicolas Poussin' s Et in Arcadia Ego and Antonio Canova' s Endymion to great contemporary paintings by Lucian Freud and David Hockney-which have all, in their time, represented the very best of the new. As Stoker Cavendish, the twelfth Duke of Devonshire, likes to point out- ' Everything was new once. ' Following the completion of a decade-long programme of renovations, the exterior of Chatsworth is gleaming, its stone fa ade newly cleaned and its window frames freshly gilded. Inside, through the inspired juxtaposition of old and modern, its rooms fizz with creative energy. Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now tells the story of this extraordinary place through seven scenes from its life, alongside a stunning photographic portrait of the house and its collections, captured at a moment of high optimism in its long history.
John-Paul Stonard studied Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was curator of the acclaimed exhibition ' Kenneth Clark- Looking for Civilisation' at Tate Britain in 2014, and is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Burlington Magazine and Apollo. He lives in Suffolk.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780241461914
Published: 7 Oct 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Particular Books
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 293mm
Width: 193mm
Pages: 420

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