Italianizzati
Hugh Honour, 13 November 1997
A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800
compiled by John Ingamells.
Yale, 1070 pp., £50, May 1997,0 300 07165 5 Show More
compiled by John Ingamells.
Yale, 1070 pp., £50, May 1997,
“... even more, from Lord Burlington and William Kent to the Adam brothers, William Chambers, James Wyatt and John Soane. Palladian and later classically inspired country houses stand as enduring monuments to the Grand Tour as a cultural phenomenon that was brought to an end by the wars of the French Revolution. It is poignant that publication of the Dictionary ... ”