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Sto caricando le informazioni... The English Prize: The Capture of the Westmorland, An Episode of the Grand Tour (Yale Center for British Art)di María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui Alpañés
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"Laden with works of art acquired by young British travelers on the Grand Tour in Italy, the British merchant ship Westmorland sailed from the Italian port of Livorno before being captured by French naval vessels and escorted to Malaga in southern Spain. The artistic treasures on board were purchased by King Carlos III of Spain, and the majority were deposited in the collections of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. There they resided, unknown, until recent research, using original inventories that survive in the Academia's archives, identified the Westmorland's rich cargo.The English Prize reveals the gripping story of the ship's capture and the disposition of its artistic contents, which included Raphael Mengs's Perseus and Andromeda, Pompeo Batoni's portraits of Frances Bassett and Lord Lewisham, and watercolors by John Robert Cozens. This volume illuminates the cultural phenomenon of the Grand Tour and the young travelers who acquired the trove of books and art works on board the Westmorland but were never able to enjoy their purchases"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)707.4The arts Modified subdivisions of the arts Education, research, related topics of fine and decorative arts Exhibition catalogueClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Here's a rare, entirely exceptional art book. First, as art book proper, in its good production quality & in the striking creative force of its contents. Yet even more so as its subject moves it to yet broader historical-political themes: Naval power, European conflict, geopolitics, international trade, architecture - plus the captivating economics & sociology of grand art tourism in the 18th Century. ( )