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In one room after another, Nash created a virtuoso display of dazzling interior design. Unfortunately for Nash, George IV was a very handson client. And Nash despaired that, every time they met, George insisted on new additions and alterations. The vision for the Palace got bigger and bigger, and the budget just spiralled out of control . |
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The King' s constant revisions made Buckingham Palace one of the most difficult commissions of Nash' s career. |
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How did Nash respond to that? Did Nash think that George IV was in one sense you know, the client from hell because he kept changing all the time, or did Nash just think, " Yes, you know, more is better"? |
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The sense that one gets, and it is only a sense, is that they both well, were old men, and they' d not long to live, either of them. |
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Nash was 73, wasn' t he, at this stage? |
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Yes, and the King was in decline, and they must have just said, " Let' s do this, because it' s what we want to do." And I think Nash thought, " Here is the opportunity to create my masterpiece, and he didn' t really care too much about the small print ." |
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I think it' s a fantastically theatrical performance of a room, isn' t it ? |
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It is. He was the great theatre architect. |
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How would you describe Nash' s style? |
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It' s a classical style, but it doesn' t really stick to the rules of classical architecture. He was a very eclectic, pickandmix sort of classical architect . |
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So, the little crowns in this kind of sunburst on the doors, does that come from anywhere? |
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Well, again, I think it is an invention of Nash, and it' s a highly suitable sort of festive motif for Buckingham Palace, which I don' t think occurred anywhere before. It' s almost like a firework, isn' t it, with a crown appearing in the sky. Very celebratory. |
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yí gè lián zhe yí gè de fáng jiān. nà shí yǎn huā liáo luàn de shì nèi shè jì, yǒu zhe yì shù jiàn shǎng jiā yí yàng de zhǎn shì. dàn nà shí yě hěn bù xìng, qiáo zhì sì shì shì gè hào wéi rén shī de jiā huo. měi cì tā men xiāng jiàn, nà shí dōu hěn jué wàng. yīn wèi qiáo zhì sì shì zǒng shì yāo qiú tiān jiā xīn de dōng xī huò zuò xiē gǎi biàn. gōng diàn de guī mó yuè lái yuè dà, jiàn zhù yù suàn jī jìn shī kòng. guó wáng bù duàn de tiáo zhěng, shǐ gǎi jiàn bái jīn hàn gōng de gōng zuò chéng wéi nà shí zhí yè shēng yá zhōng zuì jiān nán de shí qī. nà shí shì rú hé huí yìng guó wáng de yāo qiú de? nà shí shì bú shì rèn wéi qiáo zhì sì shì jiù shì gè hěn nán chán de jiā huo? yīn wèi tā lǎo shì yào gǎi biàn, yòu huò zhě shì tā rèn wéi gōng diàn yuè dà yuè hǎo? tā dé dào de gǎn jué yě jǐn jǐn shì tā zì jǐ gǎn shòu dào de. tā men liǎng gè dōu shì lǎo rén le, yǐ jīng shí rì wú duō. zhè gè shí hòu, nà shí yǐ jīng 73 suì le. duì, guó wáng yě chuí chuí lǎo yǐ, tā men yí dìng huì nà yàng shuō." gàn ba, zhè jiù shì wǒ men xiǎng yào zuò de" wǒ jué de nà shí yě huì rèn wéi zhè jiù shì chéng jiù wǒ jié zuò de jī huì. tā bù tài xū yào qù guān xīn xì zhī mò jié de dōng xī, suǒ yǐ jiù zài zhè gè fáng jiān lǐ shàng yǎn le shén qí de dà xì, shì ba? shì de. nà shí shì wèi wěi dà de jù yuàn jiàn zhù shī. nǐ huì rú hé miáo shù nà shí de fēng gé? zhè shì zhǒng gǔ diǎn de fēng gé, dàn tā bìng bù yán gé zūn xún gǔ diǎn jiàn zhù de guī zé. tā shì wèi jiān jù zhōng yōng, bāo róng de gǔ diǎn jiàn zhù shī. tài yáng lǐ de nà yī dǐng xiǎo huáng guān shì zěn me lái de ne? è wǒ xiǎng shì nà shí zì jǐ de fā míng. tā fēi cháng qì hé bái jīn hàn gōng jié rì shí de qì fēn, zhè zhǒng zhuāng shì yǐ qián cóng méi yǒu chū xiàn guò, fēi cháng xiàng yān huā, chéng xiàn zài tiān kōng zhōng de huáng guān hěn xǐ qìng. |