DILETTANTI: The Antic and the Antique in Eighteenth-Century England
Explores the vibrant culture of connoisseurship in Enlightenment England by investigating the multifaceted activities and achievements of the Society of Dilettanti. Redford dissects the British connoisseurs whose expeditions, collections, and publications laid the groundwork for the Neoclassical revival and for the scholarly study of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Photos, some in color.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 220
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Size: 8½x10½ inches
ISBN: 9780892369249
Item #: 768536X