Turin and the British in the age of the Grand Tour / edited by Paola Bianchi (Università della Valle d'Aosta), Karin Wolfe (British School at Rome).

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Bianchi, Paola.

Wolfe, Karin Elizabeth.

Cambridge University Press.

Conference Name:

Torino Britannica (2013 : Rome ; Turin)

Series:

British School at Rome studies

British School at Rome Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--Italy--Turin--History--18th century.

British.

History.

Italy--Turin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (518 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Series information""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright information""; ""Table of contents""; ""List of figures""; ""List of contributors""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface and Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I Britain in Turin: Politics and Culture at the Savoy Court""; ""1 England and Savoy""; ""2 Marriage Proposals""; ""3 The Court of Turin and the English Succession, 1712â#x80;#x93;20""; ""4 The British Diplomatic Presence in Turin""; ""British Diplomacy in Turin Post 1688""; ""British Diplomats in Turin""; ""Conclusion""

""Part II Turin: Gateway to Grand Tour Society""""5 The British at the Turin Royal Academy""; ""Religious Denominations in Turin at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century""; ""The Origins of the Turin Royal Academy""; ""The Turin Royal Academy in the Golden Age of the Grand Tour in Italy""; ""6 Thomas Coke in Turin and the Turin Royal Academy""; ""Turin and Piedmont""; ""Cokeâ#x80;#x99;s First Visit to Turin in 1713""; ""Cokeâ#x80;#x99;s Second Visit to Turin, 1715""; ""Opera and Music""; ""Conclusion""; ""7 â#x80;#x98;Never a more favorable reception than in the present junctureâ#x80;#x99;""

""On the Roads of a â#x80;#x98;Little Knownâ#x80;#x99; Country""""In Town""; ""8 The British and Freemasonry in Eighteenth-Century Turin""; ""The Jacobite Presence in the Early Days of Savoy Freemasonry""; ""An Englishman from the Turin Royal Academy at the Lodge of Turin Saint Jean de la Mysterieuse (1778)""; ""Part III Torino Britannica: Diplomacy and Cultural Brokerage""; ""9 John Molesworth""; ""10 Silver from London and Turin""; ""11 The â#x80;#x98;Savoyardâ#x80;#x99;""; ""12 The Culture of Confession""; ""Part IV Turin and Britain: Architectural Crossroads""; ""13 Architects and Kings in Grand Tour Europe""

""Kingâ#x80;#x99;s Architects in France and Britain""""Juvarra and Galilei: from London to Turin""; ""14 A Homage from Turin""; ""15 Crossing Borders""; ""Part V Britain and Turin: Chinoiserie as an International Aesthetic""; ""16 Chinoiserie in Piedmont""; ""17 â#x80;#x98;Alla Chinaâ#x80;#x99;""; ""18 The English Garden in Piedmont in the Late Eighteenth Century""; ""The Pre-Picturesque English Garden: Venaria Reale""; ""Charles Joseph de Ligne, Privileged Observer of the Advent of the Picturesque in Continental Europe""; ""An English Villa in Racconigi""

""The Picturesque in Piedmont. The Official Sites, Real or on Paper: Racconigi, Riva di Chieri""""Different Approaches: Filippo Castelli, Gugliemo Gullini, John Wallace""; ""The Landscaped Garden: the Empire of Xavier Kurten""; ""Part VI Turin in Britain: Cultural Exchange in Grand Tour Europe""; ""19 A Plurality of Pluras""; ""20 â#x80;#x98;A memorable era in the instrumental music of this kingdomâ#x80;#x99;""; ""21 The British Baretti""; ""The Critical Style""; ""A â#x80;#x98;Nation of Nationsâ#x80;#x99;""; ""22 Vittorio Alfieri and the â#x80;#x98;English Republicâ#x80;#x99;""; ""Alfieriâ#x80;#x99;s Career Prospects""

""Britain as a â#x80;#x98;New Romeâ#x80;#x99; and Machiavelliâ#x80;#x99;s Legacy""

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

"The conference Torino Britannica : Political and Cultural Crossroads in the Age of the Grand Tour (19-22 June 2013), co-organized by the British School at Rome and the Centro Studi della Reggia di Venaria, Turin"--Page xxiii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Bianchi, Paola Turin and the British in the Age of the Grand Tour

ISBN:

9781108518536

1108518532

9781316556276

1316556271

9781108524490

1108524494

Publisher Number:

40027695134

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