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- Book Title
- In the Footsteps of the Gods : Travellers to Greece and the Quest for the Hellenic Ideal
- Publication Name
- In the Footsteps of the Gods
- Title
- In the Footsteps of the Gods
- Subtitle
- Travellers to Greece and the Quest for the Hellenic Ideal
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1848855451
- EAN
- 9781848855458
- ISBN
- 9781848855458
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Civilization, Ancient / Greece, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Europe / Greece
- Release Year
- 2011
- Release Date
- 18/01/2011
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 7.7in
- Item Weight
- 9.8 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Item Width
- 9in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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The classical world has for centuries influenced and inspired the west -- its poetry and literature, art, architecture -- but what provoked the move from the west's love-affair with classical Rome and its manifestation in the Renaissance, to its focus on the Hellenic world? The decisive shift in focus and taste from Rome to Greece in the eighteenth century began in the 17th century, when a succession of travellers -- mainly from France and England -- journeyed to Greece and what is now Turkey and rediscovered the Hellenic world. In the Footsteps of the Gods traces the ways in which the constantly changing ideal image of ancient Greece, its art and culture, inspired those who travelled there. With lively accounts of their adventurous journeys and vivid descriptions of what they saw, discovered, collected and published about the remains of ancient Greece, it reveals the extraordinary effects that these travellers' account had on the poets and scholars of the west, who in turn were influential in creating the idea and ideal of Greece, which became such a powerful force in the arts and politics of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At the heart of the book is, in the words of Richard Stoneman, "a poet's vision of Greece."
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Publisher
I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1848855451
ISBN-13
9781848855458
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99578293
Product Key Features
Book Title
In the Footsteps of the Gods : Travellers to Greece and the Quest for the Hellenic Ideal
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Civilization, Ancient / Greece, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Europe / Greece
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.7in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
9in
Item Weight
9.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Df721.C66 2011
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"The hidden centre of the book is a poet's vision of Greece…" -- Richard Stoneman, History Today "An eloquent defense of the ideal to which the travelers bore witness: 'Accurate knowledge is not detrimental to true love… A single column is like a basic unit of aesthetic pleasure… why should not the imagination love precision?'" -- Christian Science Monitor, "The hidden centre of the book is a poet's vision of Greece..." --Richard Stoneman,History Today"An eloquent defense of the ideal to which the travelers bore witness: 'Accurate knowledge is not detrimental to true love... A single column is like a basic unit of aesthetic pleasure... why should not the imagination love precision?'" --Christian Science Monitor, *The hidden centre of the book is a poet's vision of Greece...* -- Richard Stoneman, History Today *An eloquent defense of the ideal to which the travelers bore witness: 'Accurate knowledge is not detrimental to true love... A single column is like a basic unit of aesthetic pleasure... why should not the imagination love precision?'* -- Christian Science Monitor, "The hidden centre of the book is a poet's vision of Greece..." -- Richard Stoneman, History Today "An eloquent defense of the ideal to which the travelers bore witness: 'Accurate knowledge is not detrimental to true love... A single column is like a basic unit of aesthetic pleasure... why should not the imagination love precision?'" -- Christian Science Monitor
Table of Content
Illustrations Acknowledgements Map Chronology of Travellers Preface Introduction 1. The 1670s. Spon and Wheler 2. Chishull and Tournefort 3. Robert Wood 4. Heyne and Winckelmann 5. Wincklemann and Greece 6. Wincklemann and Riedesel 7. Pierre Augustin Guys 8. The Insurrection of 1770 9. Richard Chandler's Expedition Conclusion Appendix: Homer's Tomb Notes Bibliography of Works Used Index
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2011-381830
Dewey Decimal
914.95045
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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