Sentences with phrase «british aristocracy»

Palladian architecture was able to flourish in England though, as it was suited to the great country houses being built or re-modelled; because unlike the French, the British aristocracy placed primary importance on their country estates.

Above him, historic portraits of British aristocracy — Spencers and Churchills — seem to peer down disapprovingly.

Beginning with works from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the exhibition will show that much British art from this period was made by artists from abroad, including Antwerp - born Anthony Van Dyck, the court painter whose famous portraits such as Charles I 1636 (The Chequers Trust) have come to shape our perceptions of the British aristocracy of this time.

But perhaps that's fitting given Sargent's own reputation as a society portraitist, whose glamorous depictions of the British aristocracy won him, and some of his subjects, widespread fame.

At the foot of the lighthouse, the British aristocracy is buried.

As a welcoming gesture, and an attempt to strengthen India's ties with British aristocracy, Maharaja Ram Singh of Jaipur ordered the entire city to be painted pink, a shade widely associated with hospitality.

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, members of the British aristocracy invested in land in the United States and Canada.

Fleming had grown up in the embrace of the British aristocracy: educated at Eton and Sandhurst, the scion of a wealthy banking family.

Foreman's descriptions of Georgiana's uncontrollable gambling, all - night drinking, drug taking, and love affairs with the leading politicians of the day give us fascinating insight into the lives of the British aristocracy in the era of the madness of King George III, the American and French revolutions, and the defeat of Napoleon.

Lewis» writer's voice is high octane California chick lit with a dash of British aristocracy.

The conventional yet entertaining Jane Austen elements soon come into play, with both Dido and Elizabeth now old enough to court potential suitors who will hopefully be able to provide not only financial stability, but also the desired social status of being married to a man of prestige within the British aristocracy.

However, there is a sense that the production itself is more on a par with the British aristocracy of the 17th century than the renowned wanton French court of the same era.

In Kingsman these two patrimonies are intertwined: Napoleon Solo, meet the British aristocracy.

Although there has been a lot of funding turmoil at PBS, it earned 43 nominations, including 11 nominations for its lavish «Masterpiece Theatre» miniseries about the British aristocracy, «Downton Abbey,» which was nominated for best miniseries and best lead actress in a movie or miniseries for Elizabeth McGovern.

British aristocracy have been rocking these badboys on hunting trips for centuries.

[8] He continued his education at Oxford and subsequently gained a doctorate with a thesis on the British aristocracy of the late 19th century at Christ Church, before being appointed to a Fellowship in History and Politics at Nuffield College.

What he fails to draw out is that the British aristocracy was porous, and despite the challenges of the War of the Roses, life under the Tudors and the French revolutionary era they had allies and accomplices, drawn from the gentry and the middle classes, and a sizeable portion of the working class.

A third volume of his Parliamentary biography might be need to chart the story, but before then Bryant is busy researching a book on the aristocracy: ««The History of the British Aristocracy - the Thieving Bastards»»... I haven't cleared the title with the publisher yet».

Entitled is a polemic with emphasis on the sub title «a critical history of the British Aristocracy».

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Since 1945, for the Thatcherites, the Conservative Party — and consequently British society — had committed a series of betrayals: the Unionist Party had surrendered the Union; the Imperial Party sacrificed the Empire; the Party of aristocracy hastened its political demise, and the Tories accepted — even pioneered — greater state intervention and welfare.

My earliest impression of British Royals and aristocracy has been literally wrapped in long coats, of those classy men and women taking off their long, trench / wrap coats as they enter the ballroom and get on with their high society life.

Based off of Edward St. Aubyn's award - winning series of novels, Patrick Melrose is a scathing examination of British decadent aristocracy, adapted into a five - part miniseries by Sky Atlantic and Showtime.

It's hard to claim a piece of the British vehicular aristocracy for less than $ 50,000, but the 2016 Range Rover Evoque compact crossover manages to accomplish that task.

Her formative years were spent in Australia between the arid outback and urbane Sydney, with a heritage drawn from a British convict and German aristocracy.

The commercial art world centred around the fag - end of the aristocracy buying paintings by British artists.