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Colen Campbell (15 June 1676 – 13 September 1729) was a pioneering Scottish architect and architectural writer who played an important part in the development of the Georgian style. For most of his career, he resided in Italy and England.
- Scottish
- 15 June 1676, Brodie
- Architect
Colen Campbell (Castelo Brodie, 15 de junho de 1676 - Londres, 13 de setembro de 1729) foi um arquiteto e escritor da Escócia, atuante na Inglaterra e um ...
- Universidade de Edimburgo
- 13 de setembro de 1729 (53 anos), Londres
- Reino da Escócia
- 15 de junho de 1676, Castelo Brodie
Há 5 dias · Palladianism first emerged in Britain in the work of the Scottish architect Colen Campbell (1676 – 1729). His book Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect (1715) was a catalogue of contemporary British buildings.
Colen Campbell (British, Brodie, Scotland 1676–1729 London) 1728 Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)
Colen Campbell Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect, Containing The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings, both Publick and Private, In Great Britain, With Variety of New Designs; in 200 large Folio Plates, Engraven by the best Hands; and Drawn either from the Buildings themselves, or the Original Designs of the Architects; In II Volumes Vol. I. (Vol. II.) by ...
Campbell was the draughtsman throughout, whilst the much sought after Henry Hulsbergh of Amsterdam but based in London executed the bulk of the engraving. Subscribers to the 300 plates of the Vitruvius were a cross-section of the British nobility, gentry and imminent architects including Christopher Wren, John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Colen Campbell (British, Brodie, Scotland 1676–1729 London) 1715 Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)
