Classical culture and the idea of rome in eighteenth-century england
Auteur :
Ayres, Philip
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521105798
Date de publication :
19 mars 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
490 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book looks at the aristocratic adoption of Roman ideals in eighteenth-century English culture. In the century following the Revolution of 1688, the ruling class promoted - by way of its patronage - a classical frame of mind embracing all the arts, on the foundations of 'liberty' and 'civic virtue'.