Richard Payne Knight Elgin Marbles

1751 1824 english landscape theorist member of the society of dilettanti and connoisseur.

Richard payne knight elgin marbles. The union of the truth of nature and ideal beauty a view repeated with variations 67. He made many trips to italy during his youth collecting coins and antique bronzes. To them may now be added new information upon knight s reactions to the elgin marbles and his relations with that other noted amateur. 36 colour and 50 black and white illustrations.

British museum press 1984 paper 4 95. Keats s ode on a grecian urn is probably most associated with the elgin marbles simply because of benjamin haydon s battle cry against payne knight concerning the marbles. Keats s ode on a grecian urn is probably most associated with the elgin marbles simply because of benjamin haydon s battle cry against payne knight concerning the marbles. Thomas knight 1697 1764 of wormesley grange herefordshire rector of bewdley and ribbesford worcestershire by his wife ursula nash.

The elgin marbles b. As haydon records in his autobiography he observed in them. Richard payne 2010 hastings center report 40 3 3 3. 1772 8 a picturesque composition in the gothic style though neo classicism dominated the interiors in which symmetry was avoided in the overall planning but not in the individual rooms.

He designed with some initial help from t. Richard payne knight and the elgin marbles controversy the british journal of aesthetics volume 13 issue 1 1 january 1973 pages 69 75 h. Pritchard downton castle herefs. In 1814 knight.

His parents were thomas knight a clergyman and his mother his father s onetime servant girl ursula nash. Richard payne knight 11 february 1751 23 april 1824 of downton castle in herefordshire and of 5 soho square london england was a classical scholar connoisseur archaeologist and numismatist best known for his theories of picturesque beauty and for his interest in ancient phallic imagery. Ellis elgin marbles i. Knight was the grandson of a shropshire ironmaster richard knight whose fortune he inherited.

Critic of the elgin marbles debate. Then there was richard payne knight who for ten years went around telling people the marbles were second rate and not even greek but of the roman period he was wrong. Thomas andrew knight q. Sir nikolaus pevsner s masterly essay richard payne knight in this journal xxxi 1949 293 320 and more recent writings have illuminated the aesthetic theory of that celebrated english dilettante.

Knight was educated at home. In 1774 he. Lo and behold he ends up on the comittee to decide whether or not the british museum should buy them saying he would only offer 15 to 20 000 pounds.