Travels in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810–1817 The Journal of C. R. Cockerell, R.A. Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture Series
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : Cockerell Charles Robert
Coordonnateur : Cockerell Samuel Pepys
This journal, edited by his son and published in 1903, relates the Grand Tour of architect Charles Robert Cockerell.
The architect Charles Robert Cockerell (1788?1863) was encouraged to travel at a young age, so that he might draw inspiration from the great works of European architecture. However, when the Napoleonic Wars made parts of the continent inaccessible to Englishmen, his eye was turned towards southern Europe and the Ottoman Empire. This version of the Grand Tour took up seven years, during which he recorded the events in his journals. There his observations would have remained had it not been for the editorial labours of his son, Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1844?1921), who published the present work in 1903. The narrative takes in such cities as Constantinople, Athens, Florence and Rome. Touching also on friendships made with such figures as Byron, the text gives a sense of what continental travel was like at that time and how the architecture of the past continued to captivate designers in the modern age.
Preface; 1. Leaves London for Plymouth; 2. Constantinople; 3. Constantinople (cont.); 4. Leaves Constantinople; 5. Trip to Aegina; 6. Life in Athens; 7. Zante; 8. Andritzena; 9. Trip to Maina; 10. Aegina marbles called for; 11. Expedition to the labyrinth; 12. Life in Smyrna; 13. Back into civilisation; 14. Adalia; 15. Malta; 16. Athens; 17. Ali Pasha; 18. Athens; 19. Naples.
Date de parution : 09-2013
Ouvrage de 304 p.
14x21.6 cm
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