{"product_id":"chatsworth-arcadia-now-seven-scenes-from-the-life-of-an-english-country-house-hardcover","title":"Chatsworth, Arcadia Now: Seven Scenes from the Life of an English Country House - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn-Paul Stonard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThe Duke and Duchess of Devonshire\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eVictoria Hely-Hutchinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis stunning volume provides an enchanting visit to one of the most storied and beautiful English country houses.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo place embodies the spirit of the English country house better than Chatsworth. From best-selling books such as Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshireand Chatsworth: The House by Deborah Mitford, the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, American audiences have long been transfixed by this remarkable place and its extraordinary collection of art and decorative objects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Today, Chatsworth's facade is newly cleaned and its windows freshly gilded. The forward-looking current Duke of Devonshire, who likes to say that \"everything was new once,\" has redone the public and private rooms. This tour-de-force volume is his telling of the story of Chatsworth through seven historical periods accompanied by stunning photo-graphic portraits of the house, its collections, and the grounds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chatsworth contains countless treasures from Nicolas Poussin's Et in Arcadia Ego and Antonio Canova's Endymion to seminal modern works by Lucian Freud and David Hockney. Though filled with works from different time periods, the collection represents the very best of the \"new\" from each artistic era.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn-Paul Stonard\u003c\/b\u003e is an art historian educated at the Courtauld Institute of Art and contributes to the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eThe Duke and Duchess of Devonshire\u003c\/b\u003e reside at Chatsworth, home to the family since 1549. \u003cb\u003eVictoria Hely-Hutchinson\u003c\/b\u003e is a photographer whose work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e Dazed \u0026amp; Confused\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e the New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ethe Wall Street Journal Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 420\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 11.9 x 7.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698608115775,"sku":"9780847871414","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f81bbb5039f3137c74e53272b188643c.webp?v=1765010755","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/chatsworth-arcadia-now-seven-scenes-from-the-life-of-an-english-country-house-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}