In the Footsteps of the Gods: Travelers to Greece and the Quest for the Hellenic Ideal

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The classical world has for centuries influenced and inspired the west -- its poetry and literature, art, architecture -- but what provoked the move from the west's love-affair with classical Rome and its manifestation in the Renaissance, to its focus on the Hellenic world? The decisive shift in focus and taste from Rome to Greece in the eighteenth century began in the 17th century, when a succession of travellers -- mainly from France and England...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1848855451

ISBN13:9781848855458

Release Date:April 2011

Publisher:Tauris Parke Paperbacks

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Related Subjects

17th Century History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Travel

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