Author: TSIGAKOU, FANI-MARIA
Title: The Rediscovery of Greece: Travellers and Painters of the Romantic Era
Description: New Rochelle, New York, Caratzas Brothers Publishers. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0892413549) Hard Cover, 11 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 208pp. The new passion for travel by the wealthy at the end of the 18th century meant that the art, literature and philosophy of Ancient Greece could be experienced first-hand rather than being transmitted by intermediaries, which had happened until then. This study reflects Greece as perceived, reflected and shaped by artists and others of the period. Very well illustrated by contemporary paintings. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: Travels, Greece, 19th Century, Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing Travel / Adventure 0892413549
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Title: The Rediscovery of Greece: Travellers and Painters of the Romantic Era
Description: New Rochelle, New York, Caratzas Brothers Publishers. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0892413549) Hard Cover, 11 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 208pp. The new passion for travel by the wealthy at the end of the 18th century meant that the art, literature and philosophy of Ancient Greece could be experienced first-hand rather than being transmitted by intermediaries, which had happened until then. This study reflects Greece as perceived, reflected and shaped by artists and others of the period. Very well illustrated by contemporary paintings. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: Travels, Greece, 19th Century, Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing Travel / Adventure 0892413549
Price: GBP 16.00 = appr. US$ 22.85 Seller: Godley Books
- Book number: 022776
- Book number: 022776
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