The life, and raigne of king Edward the sixt . [5 variant copies, the 4th wanting sigs. L3 and N3, the 5th wanting the final leaf of the preliminaries]. With The beginning of the reigne of queene Elizabeth
Title | The life, and raigne of king Edward the sixt . [5 variant copies, the 4th wanting sigs. L3 and N3, the 5th wanting the final leaf of the preliminaries]. With The beginning of the reigne of queene Elizabeth PDF eBook |
Author | Sir John Hayward |
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Release | 1636 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt
Title | The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt PDF eBook |
Author | Sir John Hayward |
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Pages | 198 |
Release | 1630 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt
Title | The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 179 |
Release | 1630 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt
Title | The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt PDF eBook |
Author | Sir John Hayward |
Publisher | |
Pages | 179 |
Release | 1630 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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The life and raigne of King Edward the Sixth
Title | The life and raigne of King Edward the Sixth PDF eBook |
Author | John Hayward |
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Release | 1636 |
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The Invention of Tradition
Title | The Invention of Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Hobsbawm |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1992-07-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521437738 |
This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism.
Dilettanti
Title | Dilettanti PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Redford |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2008-08-07 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0892369248 |
Bruce Redford re-creates the vibrant culture of connoisseurship in Enlightenment England by investigating the multifaceted activities and achievements of the Society of Dilettani. Elegantly and wittily he dissects the British connoisseurs whose expeditions, collections, and publications laid the groundwork for the Neoclassical revival and for the scholarly study of Graeco-Roman antiquity. After the foundation of the society in 1732, the Dilettani commissioned portraits of the members. Including a striking group of mock-classical and mock-religious representations, these portraits were painted by George Knapton, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Sir Thomas Lawrence. During the second half of the century, the society’s expeditions to the Levant yielded a series of pioneering architectural folios, beginning with the first volume The Antiquities of Athens in 1762. These monumental volumes aspired to empirical exactitude in text and image alike. They prepared the way for Specimens of Antient Sculpture (1809), which combines the didactic (detailed investigations into technique, condition, restoration, and provenance) with the connoisseurial (plates that bring the illustration of ancient sculpture to new artistic heights). The Society of Dilettanti’s projects and publications exemplify the Enlightenment ideal of the gentleman amateur, which is linked in turn to a culture of wide-ranging curiosity.