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portada The Life and Works of Robert Wood: Classicist and Traveller (1717-1771) (en Inglés)
Formato
Libro Físico
Año
2022
Idioma
Inglés
N° páginas
204
Encuadernación
Tapa Blanda
ISBN13
9781803271767

The Life and Works of Robert Wood: Classicist and Traveller (1717-1771) (en Inglés)

Rachel Finnegan (Autor) · Lynda Mulvin (Autor) · Archaeopress Publishing · Tapa Blanda

The Life and Works of Robert Wood: Classicist and Traveller (1717-1771) (en Inglés) - Finnegan, Rachel ; Mulvin, Lynda

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The Life and Works of Robert Wood (1717-1771) commemorates the Irish classicist and traveller on the 250th anniversary of his death and provides the general reader with a study that can be regarded as a source book for the fascinating life and career of a much-neglected figure in the realm of Irish eighteenth-century travels and antiquarianism. The book starts by setting the context of eighteenth-century travels to the east and then examines the primary sources emanating from Wood's own eastern voyages, as well as the relevant literary sources available to him before, during, and after his travels. It then provides an extensive and much-needed biographical account of Robert Wood, with particular reference to his Irish and English patrons, before examining the main results of the second tour (1750-1751), namely his three pioneering books: Ruins of Palmyra (1753), Ruins of Balbec (1757), and The Original Genius of Homer (1775). It ends by considering the enormous legacy of Robert Wood, in terms of the popularity of his books; the variety and quality of portraits commissioned by his friends and associates; his contribution to the study of classical literature; his influence on architectural drawing in late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe; and the cultural significance of his work on building design. The text also reflects on the somewhat questionable nature of his works, in terms of the fact that his second voyage of the east, and the entire production of the first two books, were financed by his friend Dawkins, whose wealth derived from a slave plantation in Jamaica.

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E Stewart Jueves 17 de Julio, 2025
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There is a lot of interesting material here but some slightly annoying overlap and careful searching required if, like me, me you are trying to work chronologically and particularly understand his times in Rome and relationship with Allan Ramsay, Robert Adam and the Catholic Abbe Peter Grant (the latter who was not a Jesuit as stated in Ingells incidentally). He must also have met the lady called Mrs Elliot who formed part of The Caledonian Club at the time though I suspect she, too, was probably Scoto-Irish but so far I have been unable to prove this. Nevertheless there is much that I have been unable to find in other sources so it has value for my own studies. For an academic book these days it is reasonably priced. Not sure that its high quality gloss paper was necessary as there are few colour illustrations, though, of course it makes it pleasant to handle if not to pencil mark the text to refind quickly the info needed and then to rub them out again.

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