The architect Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863) was encouraged
to travel at a young age, so that he might draw inspiration from
the great works of European architecture. However, when the
Napoleonic Wars made parts of the continent inaccessible to
Englishmen, his eye was turned towards southern Europe and the
Ottoman Empire. This version of the Grand Tour took up seven years,
during which he recorded the events in his journals. There his
observations would have remained had it not been for the editorial
labours of his son, Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1844-1921), who
published the present work in 1903. The narrative takes in such
cities as Constantinople, Athens, Florence and Rome. Touching also
on friendships made with such figures as Byron, the text gives a
sense of what continental travel was like at that time and how the
architecture of the past continued to captivate designers in the
modern age.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture |
| Release date: |
September 2013 |
| First published: |
September 2013 |
| Authors: |
Charles Robert Cockerell
|
| Editors: |
Samuel Pepys Cockerell
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-06593-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-108-06593-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781108065931 |
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