The essay reconstructs, on the basis of documentary evidence, the supposedly enthusiastic view of Italy held by the English on the eighteenth-century Grand Tour, showing that the attitude of the foreigners who travelled to the peninsula was in several cases inspired by political, religious and cultural mistrust; an attitude that was even found in the sphere that seemed to arouse the most admiration among the Granturists: the aesthetic-artistic.
GATTI, A. (2005). Filosofi, virtuosi, umanisti: Italia e Inghilterra nel XVIII secolo. PADOVA : Il Poligrafo.
Filosofi, virtuosi, umanisti: Italia e Inghilterra nel XVIII secolo
GATTI, Andrea
2005
Abstract
The essay reconstructs, on the basis of documentary evidence, the supposedly enthusiastic view of Italy held by the English on the eighteenth-century Grand Tour, showing that the attitude of the foreigners who travelled to the peninsula was in several cases inspired by political, religious and cultural mistrust; an attitude that was even found in the sphere that seemed to arouse the most admiration among the Granturists: the aesthetic-artistic.File in questo prodotto:
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