Philip Ayres, Ayres Philip

Classical Culture and the Idea of Rome in Eighteenth-Century England

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the aristocratic adoption of Roman ideals in eighteenth-century English culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780521105798
• ISBN-10: 052110579X
• Artikelnr.: 25906857

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of abbreviations
List of plates
1. Oligarchy of virtue - liberty and the Roman analogy
Civic virtue and the Roman analogy
Literary personae: Pope, Swift, Johnson, Thomson, Fielding, Burke
2. Virtue made visible - sensibility, sculpture, political gardens and temples
3. Britannia Romana - Romano-British archaeology: pioneers
The Roman Knights and the recruitment of the aristocracy
Architect as archaeologist: Burlington
4. Britannia Romana revived - architecture, collections, the numinous in landscape and house
5. Beyond the mainstream: classical nostalgia and freethinking
Conclusion
Appendix: books on archaeology owned by Burlington: an annotated shelf-list
Bibliography
Notes
Index.