The rediscovery of Greece : travellers and painters of the romantic era / Fani-Maria Tsigakou ; introduction by Sir Steven Runciman.

Main entry:

Tsigakou, Fani-Maria.

Title & Author:

The rediscovery of Greece : travellers and painters of the romantic era / Fani-Maria Tsigakou ; introduction by Sir Steven Runciman.

Publication:

New Rochelle, N.Y. : Caratzas Brothers, 1981.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) and index.
The rediscovery of Greece -- A journey through Greece -- Notes to the text -- Bibliographical note -- Sources of quotations -- Annotated catalogue of the illustrations.

Summary:

This book recreates the reality and myth of Greece as perceived, reflected and shaped by nineteenth-century artists, architects, archeologists and writers from England, France, Germany and Italy who made their way to Greece, exploring and recording the temples and other ancient sites, the landscape and also the people of the time, their customs and costumes. Athens, Delphi and Parnassus, Olympia and Mycenae, and many other sites and localities redolent of history are shown in exquisite oils, watercolors and drawings made on the spot. Numerous quotations from contemporary descriptions, diaries and letters are included, as are a host of more fanciful works by artists who stayed at home, but were stirred by the views and accounts brought back and by that great event reverberating throughout Europe: the reclaiming by the Greeks of their independence.

ISBN:

0892413549
9780892413546

Subject:

Philhellenism.
Travelers Greece 18th century.
Travelers Greece 19th century.
Romanticism.
Romanticism in art.
Travelers Greece History 18th century.
Travelers Greece History 19th century.
Philhellénisme.
Voyageurs Grèce Histoire 18e siècle.
Voyageurs Grèce Histoire 19e siècle.
Romantisme.
Romantisme dans l'art.
Voyageurs Grèce 18e siècle.
Voyageurs Grèce 19e siècle.
romanticism (form of expression)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Travel.
Travelers.
Greece Description and travel.
Greece History War of Independence, 1821-1829 Influence.
Grèce Histoire 1821-1829 (Guerre de l'Indépendance) Influence.
Grèce Descriptions et voyages.
Greece.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Runciman, Steven, 1903-2000, writer of introduction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 35839
Call No.: ID:88-B7077
Status: Available

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