Touring and Publicizing England's Country Houses in the Long Eighteenth Century
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-3497-9 (ISBN)
Drawing on travel books, guidebooks, and dozens of tourists’ diaries and letters, it explores what it meant to tour country houses such as Blenheim Palace, Chatsworth, Wilton, Kedleston and Burghley in the tumultuous 1700s. It also questions the legacies of these early tourists: both as a critical cultural practice in the 18th century and an extraordinary and controversial influence in British culture today, country-house tourism is a phenomenon that demands investigation.
Jocelyn Anderson is a Toronto-based art historian specializing in 18th-century British art and architecture.
List of Plates
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction: ‘Come Here for Entertainment and Instruction’: Country Houses Exhibited to the Public
1. ‘For the Numerous Strangers Who Visit’: Tourists’ Itineraries and Practices
2. ‘A Sumptuous Pile of Building’: Remaking the Sights and Spaces of the House
3. ‘Eminent in Public Estimation’: The Transformation of Country Houses’ Paintings and Sculptures
4. ‘A Degree of Taste and Elegance’: Commenting on Country Houses’ Interiors
5. ‘The Beauties of Nature’: Descriptions of Country-House Gardens and Parks
Conclusion: ‘The Visitor of Today’: Legacies of 18th-Century Country-House Tourism
Appendix: Country-house Guidebooks
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 13.06.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | 8 colour and 40 bw illus |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 517 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Technik ► Architektur | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5013-3497-2 / 1501334972 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5013-3497-9 / 9781501334979 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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