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Wood, John, 1704–1754, English architect, called Wood of Bath Bath, city (1991 pop. 84,283), Bath and North East Somerset, SW England, in the Avon River valley. Britain's leading winter resort, Bath has the only natural hot springs in the country. ..... Click the link for more information. . When he went (1727) to Bath from Yorkshire to begin his career as a road surveyor, the city was at its height as a center of fashion. Wood devised civic layouts on a grand scale. His executed schemes exhibit entire streets and terraces formally arranged in continuous rows, curves, or circles. He designed Queen's Square, North and South Parade, and the Circus. Wood of Bath also designed the mansion of Prior Park, near Bath, his most handsome detached building. His work, by its charm and imagination, set a standard for the architects who later worked at Bath, and it remains an inspiration for modern city planners. His son, John Wood, Jr., 1728–81, completed the Circus and also built the Royal Crescent and the Assembly Rooms. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Pamela Anderson, Shannon Elizabeth, Elijah Wood, John Leguizamo and Carmen Electra drank it straight but some stars sipped Borba-tinis (with a splash of vodka Though the great majority of the LEC's books had pictures by talented commercial artists, Macy also commissioned work from some of the leading painters of his day: Matisse, Picasso, Derain, Laurencin and others of the Paris school, along with such American masters as Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry and Reginald Marsh. Second-place finishers were Ben Wood, John Wood and Lisa Henisey. |
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