Author: TATE BRITAIN (GALLERY)
Title: Grand tour : the lure of Italy in the eighteenth century / edited by Andrew Wilton and Ilaria Bignamini
Description: London : Tate Gallery 1996. First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Very bright and clean.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 328 pages; 328 p : ill. (some col.). ports. ; 30 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Tate Gallery. London. 10.10.96-5.1.97. and the Palazzo delle Esposizioni. Rome. 5.2.97-7.4.97. Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-315) and index. ContentsPreface / Francis Haskell -- Grand Tour: The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century / Cesare de Seta -- Discovering Italy: British Travellers in the Eighteenth Century / John Ingamells -- Grand Tour: Open Issues / Ilaria Bignamini. Summary: The grand tour. the journey made by noblemen and gentlemen of many nations to Italy in search of antique and modern culture. reached its apogee in the 18th century and came to an end with the Napoleonic Wars in the 1790s. This catalogue looks at this vital aspect of European civilization in the age of Enlightenment from the point of view of several countries and includes the work of foremost artists of the period. amongst them Canaletto. Richard Wilson. Pompeo Batoni. Joseph Wright of Derby and Joshua Reynolds. The vast majority of Grand Tourists were British. and the show focuses on their key role as patrons and collectors of the fine arts.ISBN: 1854371886. Weight in Kg appr.:

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