Author: Henry Colin Gray MatthewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Cappe-Chancellor
Author: Henry Colin Gray MatthewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
Ulysses
Author: Selections from the Correspondence of the First Lord Acton
Author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron ActonPublisher: London : Longmans, Green
ISBN:
Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Works of Lord Byron
Author: George Gordon Byron Baron ByronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The Waterloo Roll Call
Author: Charles DaltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Dilettanti
Author: Bruce RedfordPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892369248
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
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.
Sacred to Female Patriotism
Author: Judith Schneid LewisPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415944120
Category : Aristocracy (Social class)
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Links in the Chain of Life
Author: Baroness OrczyPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This book tells how Baroness Orczy creates the fictitious character of the Scarlet Pimpernel. In this book, Baroness Orczy explores how she creates the character of Scarlet Pimpernel, the other characters, and the story world. The author, in this book, links the creation of the character of the Pimpernel to her love for Britain.
The Memoirs of François René
Author: François-René vicomte de ChateaubriandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Abstracts of Accounts
Author: Leeds, Eng. (Yorkshire). Treasurer's DeptPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description