Allan Ramsay and the Search for Horace's Villa
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Published on 26. October 2001
Book
Hardback
170 pages
978-0-7546-0004-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains Allan Ramsay's "Enquiry into the Situation and Circumstances of Horace's Sabine Villa". It also features essays about Ramsay, Jacob More, Jacob Philipp Hackert, the garden and country house in 18th-century British thought, and the archaeology of the Licenza Valley. The aims of the editors are three-fold: to print the text as Ramsay would have wished to, had he been able; to publish the related illustrations by Hackert, More and Ramsay; and to provide some basic background facts and commentary. They hope to help the contemporary reader understand the antiquarian context in which Ramsay was writing and to appreciate Ramsay's contribution to our understanding of the site conventionally known as Horace's Villa.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
colour plates, illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 251 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-0004-6 (9780754600046)
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Editor
Introduction
Preface
Content
Allan Ramsay - artist, author, antiquary, Iain Gordon Brown; some reflections on the idea of Horace's farm, John Dixon Hunt; describing the villa "..mixing memory and desire...", Martin Goalen; illustrating Horace's Villa - Allan Ramsay, Jacob More and Jakob Philipp Hackert, Patricia R. Andrew; Ramsay's "enquiry" - text and context, Bernard D. Frischer; an enquiry into the situation and circumstances of Horace's Sabine Villa, written during travels through Italy in the years 1775, 76 and 77, Allan Ramsay, edited and annotated by Bernard D. Frischer; catalogue - illustrative works relating to Ramsay's search for Horace's Villa, Patricia R. Andrew.