COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Royal Crescent
Image View:
The Royal Crescent, side view of the giant order
Creator:
John Wood the Younger (British architect, 1728-1781)
Location:
site: Bath, England, United Kingdom
Date:
1767-1775 (creation)
Cultural Context:
British
Style Period:
Neoclassical
Work Type 1:
street
Work Type 2:
housing project
Classification:
architecture
Material:
stone
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; City planning; Housing; column: Ionic
Description:
When John Wood the younger completed his father's scheme with the Royal Crescent terrace (1767-ca. 1775), the city had set a precedent of orderly grandeur that other architects continued to observe until well into the next century. The role of the younger Wood in this process is unclear. Although he actually built the King's Circus and Royal Crescent, the former was carried through exactly to his father's design and the latter probably to his father's general notions. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A1-WJ-RC-C5
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Royal Crescent
