Caroline of Brunswick, princess of Wales, collected a small, but coherent, group of classical and post-classical marbles (funerary stelae, votive reliefs, inscriptions) during her long journey in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea that lasted almost a year, from November 1815 to September 1816. In May 1816 the princess visited Athens under the competent guidance of Louis Fauvel, who introduced Caroline to the beauties of the city and advised her to purchase some Greek antiquities, following a fairly common practice among travelers. Her marbles bear witness to the attention given to the art of Greece in the early 19th century. Besides, they fit well into the international debate resulting from the revision of Winckelmann’s conceptual categories.
Le antichità greche di Carolina di Brunswick
M. E. Micheli
2019
Abstract
Caroline of Brunswick, princess of Wales, collected a small, but coherent, group of classical and post-classical marbles (funerary stelae, votive reliefs, inscriptions) during her long journey in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea that lasted almost a year, from November 1815 to September 1816. In May 1816 the princess visited Athens under the competent guidance of Louis Fauvel, who introduced Caroline to the beauties of the city and advised her to purchase some Greek antiquities, following a fairly common practice among travelers. Her marbles bear witness to the attention given to the art of Greece in the early 19th century. Besides, they fit well into the international debate resulting from the revision of Winckelmann’s conceptual categories.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
