Brill’s New Pauly Supplements II - Volume 12 : The Reception of Antiquity in the Age of Enlightenment
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Subject: Classical Studies
This volume explores engagement with Greco-Roman Antiquity across Europe and beyond in the 18th century. Approximately 100 experts, in some 140 articles from “Academy” to “Wallpaper”, show how Classical and rival antiquities were perceived and studied during the age of Enlightenment, revolution and scientific progress, and how they served the formulation and affirmation of new ideals. The survey covers the period between the outbreak of the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes in France in 1687 and the reorganization of Europe at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
Vedute
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A. Concept and origins
Veduta (Italian, ‘view’) is the technical term for an accurate painting of an urban or rural view. Deriving from this, a secondary sense arose after 1741 of views or prospects designed in accordance with certain criteria in a landscape garden [16]. The origins of the
veduta are clearly associated with the Baroque reception of Antiquity. A custom developed in the British nobility, spreading from there to the rest of Europe, of bringing home paintings of views (
vedute essate) and plaster or cork models of famous ancient monuments as (
ricordo) souvenirs [12] from the Gra…
Date:
2021-01-25