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The Grand Tour
Engelsk Paperback
The Grand Tour
Engelsk Paperback

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An introduction to the raucous yet educational ‘gap year’ tours of Europe taken by wealthy British aristocrats in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

For many young eighteenth-century aristocrats, the Grand Tour was an essential rite of passage. Spending many months travelling established routes through France and Italy, they would visit the great cultural sites of western Europe – from Paris, through to Venice, Florence and Rome – ostensibly absorbing art, architecture and culture. Yet all too often, it was a gateway to gambling and debauchery. In this beautifully illustrated guide, Mike Rendell shows how the tour reached its zenith, examining the young tourists’ activities and how they acquired ‘polish’ and an appreciation for fashion, opera and classical antiquity. He also explores their passion for souvenirs and art collecting, and how these items made their way back to grand country houses, which were themselves often modelled to the rules of classical European architecture.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
64
ISBN-13:
9781784424954
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1784424951
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
17 mar 2022
Længde:
6mm
Bredde:
209mm
Højde:
151mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
17 mar 2022
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge