Cities and the Grand Tour - The British in Italy, C.1690-1820

Informationen zum Autor Rosemary Sweet is Professor of Urban History at the Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester. Her previous publications include The English Town, Government, Society and Culture (1999) and Antiquaries: The Discovery of the Past in Eighteenth-Century Britain (2004). Klappentext A fascinating study of how British travellers experienced, described and represented the cities they visited on the Grand Tour. Zusammenfassung The Grand Tour introduced British travellers to the urban environments of Florence! Rome! Naples and Venice at a time when unprecedented urbanisation was taking place at home. This fascinating study examines how cities were experienced! described and represented in travel literature and how the image of a city evolved. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Experiencing the Grand Tour; 2. Florence: a home from home; 3. Rome ancient and modern; 4. Naples: leisure, pleasure and a frisson of danger; 5. Venice: a place of singularity and spectacle; 6. Medievalism and the Grand Tour; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Rosemary Sweet, Rosemary (University of Leicester) Sweet
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107529205
• ISBN: 978-1-107-52920-5
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories; Cambridge Social and Cultural
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Travel > Travel guides > Europe