Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now

Seven Scenes from the Life of a House

John-Paul Stonard, The Duke of Devonshire, The Duchess of Devonshire

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Particular Books
25 March 2022

History of Art & Design Styles; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Photographs: collections; History of architecture; History; British & Irish history

A strikingly modern portrait of Chatsworth, the grandest of English country houses

No house embodies the spirit of one dynasty better than Chatsworth. Set in an unspoilt Derbyshire valley, surrounded by wild moorland, and home to the Cavendish family for sixteen generations, this treasure house is filled with works of art and objects - from Nicolas Poussin's The Arcadian Shepherds and Antonio Canova's Endymion to great contemporary paintings by Lucian Freud and David Hockney - which have all, in their time, represented the very best of the new. As Stoker Cavendish, the twelfth Duke of Devonshire, likes to point out- 'Everything was new once.'

Following the completion of a decade-long programme of renovations, the exterior of Chatsworth is gleaming, its stone fa ade newly cleaned and its window frames freshly gilded. Inside, through the inspired juxtaposition of old and modern, its rooms fizz with creative energy. Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now tells the story of this extraordinary place through seven scenes from its life, alongside a stunning photographic portrait of the house and its collections, captured at a moment of high optimism in its long history.

By: John-Paul Stonard
Foreword by: The Duke of Devonshire, The Duchess of Devonshire
Imprint: Particular Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 309mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 1.998kg
ISBN: 9780241461914
ISBN 10: 024146191X
Pages: 420
Publication Date: 25 March 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John-Paul Stonard studied Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was curator of the acclaimed exhibition 'Kenneth Clark- Looking for Civilisation' at Tate Britain in 2014, and is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Burlington Magazine and Apollo. He lives in Suffolk.

Reviews for Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now: Seven Scenes from the Life of a House

This glamorous, artistic book is a fitting tribute to a decade of renovation... One could say that the book is a collection piece in its own right... Breathtaking still-life studies underline the connections and contrasts between old and new... The sense of a great house with a vibrant past, present and a future is palpable -- Jeremy Musson * Country Life * Anyone who cannot visit in person can now luxuriate in this astonishing book, with its brilliant photographs fabulously staged and daringly laid out... Short essays by John-Paul Stonard provide context, but this is really a book of images as glorious as the house itself -- Clive Aslet * House & Garden *