The Rediscovery of Antiquity

The Rediscovery of Antiquity
Author: Jane Fejfer
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9788772898292

Classical Archaeologists, art historians and artists consider the Role of the Artist' in the rediscovery of the past.

The Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome

The Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome
Author: Heather Hyde Minor
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2010
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Examines the nexus of learned culture and architecture in the 1730s to 1750s, including major building projects in Rome undertaken by the popes.

Pompeo Batoni

Pompeo Batoni
Author: Edgar Peters Bowron
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300126808

Inventive storytelling: the early subject pictures -- Batoni's British patrons and the grand tour -- Painter of princes and prince of painters -- Restorer of the Roman school: final years and reception -- Drawings, working methods, and studio practices.

Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century

Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Eloisa Dodero
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 654
Release: 2019-09-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9004399100

In Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century Eloisa Dodero aims at documenting the history of numerous private collections formed in Naples during the 18th century, with particular concern for the “Neapolitan marbles” and the circumstances of their dispersal. Research has thus made it possible to formulate a synthesis of the collecting dynamics of Naples in the 18th century, to define the interest of the great European collectors, especially British, in the antiquities of the city and its territory and to draw up a catalogue which for the first time brings together the nucleus of sculptures reported in the Neapolitan collections or coming from irregular excavations, most of which shared the destiny of dispersal, in some cases here traced in definitive fashion.

The Partitions of Poland 1772, 1793, 1795

The Partitions of Poland 1772, 1793, 1795
Author: Jerzy Lukowski
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2014-06-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317886941

The Partitions of Poland were a key event in the power politics of the late ancien regime, and had major long term consequences for the balance of power in northern and eastern Europe. Over a period of twenty five years Catherine II (Russia), Frederick II (Prussia) and Maria Theresa and Joseph II (Austria) between them wiped Poland xxx; Europe's second largest countryxxx; off the political map, and Poland disappeared as a state for 120 years. Jerzy Lukowski's new account, the first comprehensive study of the topic in English since 1915, sets the Polish dimension of this story in its wider European context, illuminating the motives and attitudes of the participants and exploring its consequences. This is a major contribution to the diplomatic history of eighteenth century Europe.

Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment

Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment
Author: Rebecca Messbarger
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2017-01-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442624752

Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment offers a comprehensive assessment of Benedict's engagement with Enlightenment art, science, spirituality, and culture.