blenheim palace interior Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/blenheim-palace-interior Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:06:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Blenheim Palace WOODSTOCK, UK http://travelsfinders.com/blenheim-palace-woodstock-uk.html http://travelsfinders.com/blenheim-palace-woodstock-uk.html#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:06:08 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=220869 JOHN VANBRUGH Buildings a stable block and a kitchen wing-each laid out around its own courtyard and each larger than many country houses. The style used by Vanbrugh for this enormous house was his own personal version of Baroque. In mainland Europe, Baroque buildings are often typified by a blend of intricately curving walls and highly ornate decoration that creates a feeling of lightness. Vanbrugh’s style, which he developed with his assistant, Nicholas Hawksmoor, is far more ponderous. Blenheim combines classical features, such as a large central portico, with heavy, elaborate details that are more Baroque in style-monumental arches, heavily

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