Eclecticism is a kind of mixed style in the fine arts: "the borrowing of a variety of styles from different sources and combining them" (Hume 1998, 5). Significantly, Eclecticism hardly ever constituted a specific style in art: it is characterized by the fact that it was not a particular style. In general, the term describes the combination in a single work of a variety of influences — mainly of elements from different historical styles in architecture, painting, and the graphic and decorative arts. In music the term used may be eithereclecticism, crossover music, or polystylism.
ason Edwards, ‘Victorian Eclecticism’, April 2013, in Jason Edwards (ed.), In Focus: 'The Singer' exhibited 1889 and 'Applause' 1893 by Edward Onslow Ford, April 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/edward-onslow-ford/victorian-eclecticism-r1141660, accessed 14 February 2015.
"Crystal Palace Great Exhibition tree 1851" by Unknown - scan from a book; original: Royal Horicultural Society, Lindley Library. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crystal_Palace_Great_Exhibition_tree_1851.png#mediaviewer/File:Crystal_Palace_Great_Exhibition_tree_1851.png
"Crystal Palace - Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition" by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) - Artfinder.com. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crystal_Palace_-_Queen_Victoria_opens_the_Great_Exhibition.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Crystal_Palace_-_Queen_Victoria_opens_the_Great_Exhibition.jpg
"William Morris design for Trellis wallpaper 1862" by William Morris - Scanned from Gillian Naylor, William Morris by Himself: Designs and Writings,. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Morris_design_for_Trellis_wallpaper_1862.jpg#mediaviewer/File:William_Morris_design_for_Trellis_wallpaper_1862.jpg
"Morris Snakeshead printed textile 1876 v 2" by William Morris - Planet Art CD of royalty-free PD images William Morris: Selected Works. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_Snakeshead_printed_textile_1876_v_2.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Morris_Snakeshead_printed_textile_1876_v_2.jpg
Cannon Hall is a fine example of a grand stately home that was developed to its grand proportions through the riches gained by a family in the 18th Century.
The family in question, in the case of Cannon Hall, was the Spencer family who gained their wealth in the iron and coal industry of South Yorkshire.
The site dates back at least as far as the Domesday Book which shows there was a house on the site in 1086. However none of the current structure is thought to date back to that time.
The Hall itself gets its name from Gilbert Canun who lived there in the 13th century. By the late 14th Century the house was in the hands of the Bosville family.
While today there might be an ethereal and a romantic feel to the surroundings, the house holds a dark secret; a gruesome murder that took place somewhere in the late 14th century. The story will definitely intrigue all the lovers of history, who will want to find out more about it.
romanesque structure in the gardens
gothic details in the fairy garden
classic coloumbs, with the romanesque
the door frame in one of the downstairs rooms
gothic face from a random box in the corridor downstairs
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