Temple of Modern Virtue (ruin)
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The Temple of Modern Virtue (ruin) is a deliberately decayed neoclassical garden folly at Stowe, symbolizing the moral and political decline of contemporary society in contrast to the estate’s idealized classical virtues.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple of Modern Virtue (ruin) canonical | 2 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
garden folly
ⓘ
neoclassical building ⓘ ruin ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Temple of Ancient Virtue
ⓘ
idealized classical virtues at Stowe ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
artificial ruin
ⓘ
deliberately ruined ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
moral allegory
ⓘ
ornamental feature in landscape garden ⓘ political allegory ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
contrast between ancient and modern virtue
ⓘ
critique of contemporary politics ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of the Grade I listed Stowe landscape garden ⓘ |
| isDeliberatelyDesignedAs | ruin ⓘ |
| isPartOf | program of political symbolism at Stowe ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Buckinghamshire
ⓘ
England ⓘ Stowe ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf |
Stowe landscape gardens
ⓘ
surface form:
Stowe landscape garden
|
| symbolizes |
corruption of modern virtue
ⓘ
moral decline of contemporary society ⓘ political decline of contemporary society ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.