The Circus (Bath, England) : Frontal view of a typical entry
- Creator:
- Wood, John, the elder, 1704-1754
Wood, John, the younger, 1728-1781 - Published/Created:
- Bath, England, United Kingdom
1754-ca. 1766 - Date Depicted:
- 5/15/1997
1700 AD - 1799 AD - Materials:
- Bath stone
- Notes:
- n his last years Wood began to fulfill his long-standing desire to build a grand circular edifice at Bath when he started the terrace that he named the King's Circus (1754-ca. 1766). This, his masterpiece, rests on his theory. By recreating a Druid ring of houses, a subject about which he had written, Wood renewed the supposed glory of pre-Roman Bath. He united this Druid theme with others taken from the classical traditions of palace and theatre architecture, on the grounds that all were forms of the one true architecture revealed by God. It is likely that he meant the Circus as his ultimate exercise in perfect architectural principles
- Variant Titles:
- King's Circus
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Britain -- 18th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Georgian
Neoclassical - Culture:
- British
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-WJ-TC-C1
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
crescents (row houses) (AAT)
houses (AAT)
terrace houses (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; City planning; Housing construction buildings; dwellings; multiple dwellings; crescents (row houses)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Two
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/15/1997 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10166871
- PID:
- digcoll:1792348