Charles Robert Cockerell in the Mediterranean : letters and travels, 1810-1817 / Susan Pearce and Theresa Ormrod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearce, Susan M., author.

Ormrod, Theresa, author.

Contributor:

Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863--Travel--Mediterranean Region.

Cockerell, C. R.

Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863--Correspondence.

Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863.

Architects--Great Britain--Correspondence.

Architects.

Travel.

Great Britain.

Mediterranean Region.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

xii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk : The Boydell Press, 2017.

Summary:

Charles R. Cockerell (1788-1863) was one of the most significant nineteenth-century British architects and a major player in the cultural shift from the Georgian eighteenth to the Victorian nineteenth century. Cockerell's travels in the eastern Mediterranean between 1810 and 1817 were the formative experience of his life. His forty letters from this period, held in the archives of the Royal Institute of British Architects and published here for the first time, give crucial day-to-day insights into his actions, thoughts and feelings in relation to the intricate histories of the re-discovery and sales of the Aegina and Bassae marbles and, equally importantly, illuminate his hugely significant work on temple architecture and sculpture in mainland Greece, the great cities of Asia Minor, and the significant temples of Sicily. 0Drawing on these letters, and on some 150 unpublished letters sent by his friends while they were all in Greece and now held in the British Museum, this book elucidates what Cockerell did and why by analyzing his methods of work and their significance. It discusses Cockerell's aesthetic and conceptual development during his time abroad, particularly his influential part in the changing vision of Greek sculpture and architecture, from Winkelmann's static ideal to one rooted in dramatic tension and contextual contingency.

Contents:

Part 1 Travels and Travellers

1 Introduction: Life Before Departure 3

2 Athens, Aegina and the Morea 7

3 Asia Minor, Sicily, Albania and Italy 29

4 Visions of Hellas 53

5 The Spirit of the Time 77

6 Homecomings 101

Part 2 Letters

Introduction to the Letters 121

The Letters 124.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index.

ISBN:

9781783272068

1783272066

OCLC:

987666286