Tsigakou, Fani-Maria.

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

London : Thames and Hudson, ©1981.

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

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.

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War of Independence (Greece : 1821-1829)
Philhellenism.
Travelers Greece 18th century.
Travelers Greece 19th century.
Romanticism.
Romanticism in art.
Art, European 19th century.
Painting, European.
Art européen 19e siècle.
Peinture européenne.
Romantisme dans l'art.
Grèce dans l'art.
Philhellénisme.
Voyageurs Grèce 18e siècle.
Voyageurs Grèce 19e siècle.
Romantisme.
romanticism (form of expression)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Travel.
Travelers.
Reizigers.
Kunstschilders.
Romantiek.
Griekse oudheid.
Receptie.
Beeldende kunsten.
Greece Description and travel.
Greece History War of Independence, 1821-1829 Influence.
Grèce Descriptions et voyages.
Grèce Histoire 1821-1829 (Guerre de l'Indépendance) Influence.
Greece.

History.

Location: Library main 68780
Call No.: ID PLB; ID:86-B10405
Status: Available

Location: Library main 68781
Call No.: ID:86-B10405
Status: Available