Ruinenlandschaften: Spielraume Der Einbildungskraft in Reiseliteratur Und Bildkunstlerischen Werken Uber Italien Im 18. Und Fruhen 19. Jah [German]

by Constanze Baum

English summary: Is it possible to represent the history of the perception of Italian ruins and their aesthetic significance through the interplay of the imagination and physical evidence? This study devotes itself to this task by including in its deliberations accounts from 18th and early 19th century European travel literature as well as graphic art. Alongside case studies devoted to landscapes of well-known Roman ruins in Italy, it unearths a panorama...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3825360822
• ISBN13: 9783825360825
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter
• Length: 363 Pages