A01=Edward Chaney
anglo-italian
Anglo-Italian Cultural Relations
Anglo-Italian studies
art and architecture education
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Baccio Bandinelli
Balthazar Gerbier
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British travellers in Italy research
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Cosimo III
cultural
cultural exchange history
early modern travel
Endymion Porter
English Catholic travellers
English College
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Fort Beau
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Fynes Moryson
Henry Piers
Henry's Tomb
inigo
isaac
Italian Auctions
John Breval
La Pietra
lassels
Milton's Visit
moryson
Ospedale Di
Palladio's Quattro Libri
Paul III
Piazza Del Popolo
Plaster Of Paris
Pope Paul III
relations
Renaissance intellectual networks
richard
Richard Coeur De Lion
Santa Maria Nuova
Sir Balthazar Gerbier
William III
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780714645773
- Weight: 800g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Grand Tour has become a subject of major interest to scholars and general readers interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and their intellectual and artistic production. Although traditionally associated with the eighteenth century, when wealthy Englishmen would complete their education on the continent, the Grand Tour is here investigated in a wider context, from the decline of the Roman Empire to recent times.
Authors from Chaucer to Erasmus came to mock the custom but even the Reformation did not stop the urge to travel. From the mid-sixteenth century, northern Europeans justified travel to the south in terms of education. The English had previously travelled to Italy to study the classics; now they travelled to learn Italian and study medicine, diplomacy, dancing, riding, fencing, and, eventually, art and architecture. Famous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate European culture. Documenting the lives and travels of these personalities, Professor Chaney's remarkable book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisation.
