William Kent
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William Kent was an influential 18th-century English architect, landscape designer, and painter who helped pioneer the naturalistic English landscape garden style.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
→
furniture designer → interior designer → landscape architect → painter → person → |
| birthDate | 1685-01-01 → |
| birthPlace |
Bridlington
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England → Yorkshire → |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain → |
| deathDate | 1748-04-12 → |
| deathPlace |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| designed |
Stowe landscape gardens
→
surface form:
Elysian Fields at Stowe
Stowe Gardens →
surface form:
Temple of Venus at Stowe
cascades and water features at Rousham → garden buildings at Stowe → garden layout at Rousham House → interiors and furniture for Chiswick House → state rooms at Kensington Palace → |
| employer |
Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington
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surface form:
Lord Burlington
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| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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garden design → interior design → landscape architecture → painting → |
| genre | landscape painting → |
| influencedBy |
Andrea Palladio
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Inigo Jones → |
| knownFor |
introducing Palladian architecture to England
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pioneering the naturalistic English landscape garden style → |
| movement |
English landscape garden
→
Palladian architecture → |
| name | William Kent self-link → |
| nationality | English → |
| notableWork |
Chiswick House
→
surface form:
Chiswick House gardens
Holkham Hall → Horse Guards Parade →
surface form:
Horse Guards, Whitehall
Houghton Hall →
surface form:
Interiors at Houghton Hall
Kensington Gardens → Stowe landscape gardens → Treasury buildings, Whitehall → |
| occupation |
architect
→
garden designer → interior decorator → landscape designer → painter → |
| patron | Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington → |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington