{"product_id":"vauxhall-gardens-a-history-9780300173826","title":"Vauxhall Gardens: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom their early beginnings in the Restoration until the final closure in Queen Victorias reign  Vauxhall Gardens developed from a rural tavern and place of assignation into a dream-world filled with visual arts and music  and finally into a commercial site of mass entertainment. By the 18th century  Vauxhall was crucial to the cultural and fashionable life of the country  patronized by all levels of society  from royal dukes to penurious servants. In the first book on the subject for over fifty years  Alan Borg and David E. Coke reveal the teeming life  the spectacular art and the ever-present music of Vauxhall in fascinating detail. Borg and Cokes historical exposition of the entire history of the gardens makes a major contribution to the study of London entertainments  art  music  sculpture  class and ideology. It reveals how Vauxhall linked high and popular culture in ways that look forward to the manner in which both art and entertainment have evolved in modern times.  Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792603963445,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300173822","price":333.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300173826_6868ecc7-9590-47a7-bf0f-96b9acffa117.jpg?v=1784755222","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vauxhall-gardens-a-history-9780300173826","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}