Charles Robert Cockerell in the Mediterranean: Letters and Travels, 1810-1817
- ISBN-10
- 1783272066
- ISBN-13
- 9781783272068
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 330
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-06-16
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer
- Authors
- Theresa Ormrod, Susan M. Pearce, Charles Robert Cockerell
Description
Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Part One: Travels and Travellers -- 1 Introduction: Life Before Departure -- 2 Athens, Aegina and the Morea -- 3 Asia Minor, Sicily, Albania and Italy -- 4 Visions of Hellas -- 5 The Spirit of the Time -- 6 Homecomings -- Part Two: Letters -- Introduction to the Letters -- The Letters -- Appendix 1: Sources -- Appendix 2: Biographical Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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