The Evolution of the Grand Tour - Anglo-Italian Cultural Relations since the Renaissance

This book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisation, The Grand Tour.

Table des matières

1. British and American travellers in Sicily from the 8th to the 20th century 2. Early Tudor tombs and the rise and fall of Anglo-Italian relations 3. Quo Vadis? Travel as education and the impact of Italy in the 16th century 4. The Grand Tour and beyond - British and American travellers in southern Italy, 1545-1960 5. Robert Dallington's Survey of Tuscany, 1605 - a British view of Medicean Florence 6. Documentary evidence of Anglo-Italian cultural relations in the 16th and 17 centuries 7. Inigo Jones in Naples 8. Pilgrims to pictures - art, English Catholics and the evolution of the Grand Tour 9. Notes towards a bibliography of Sir Balthazar Gerbier 10. English Catholic poets in mid-17th century Rome 11. Philanthropy in Italy - English observations on Italian hospitals, 1545-1789 12. Milton's visit to Vallombrosa - a literary tradition 13. George Berkeley's Grand Tours - the immaterialist as connoisseur of art and architecture 14. Epilogue - Sir Harold Acton, 1904-94.

A propos de l'auteur

Edward Chaney

Résumé

This book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisation, The Grand Tour.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Edward Chaney, Chaney Edward
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.06.1998
• EAN: 9780714645773
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-4577-3
• Pages: 448
• Poids: 800 g
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural history, Sociology and anthropology