Luciana Gallo

Lord Elgin and Ancient Greek Architecture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the rich and remarkable collection of archaeological drawings, now housed in The British Museum, drawn in Greece by a team of architects and artists in the service of Lord Elgin during his ambassadorial expedition to the Levant (1799-1803). Luciana Gallo offers a new interpretation of Elgin's interest in antiquities and reveals the aims, innovative approach, and significant achievements of this specialised tour. She also reveals his contribution to the advancement of contemporary archaeological studies carried out by British and continental scholars, in connection to the search for original sources to promote Greek Revival architecture. This is the first time that the bulk of the Elgin Drawings collection in the British Museum has been published. The volume will thus serve as an indispensable guide to scholars and students of ancient Greek architecture and sculpture, as well as of nineteenth-century architectural revivalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1175g
• ISBN-13: 9780521881630
• ISBN-10: 0521881633
• Artikelnr.: 25043348

Autorenporträt

Luciana Gallo is a RIBA chartered architect and historic building consultant. Her education and academic career started in Italy and developed in the UK where she completed a Ph.D. in History of Architecture at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She is a Research Associate within the School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, on a EU-funded project which involved extensive fieldwork in the Middle East. She now practises in London. She is the author of Il Politeama di Palermo e l'architettura policroma dell'Ottocento.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Early expeditions to Greece
2. Lord Elgin's eastern expedition
3. History of the Elgin drawings
4. Critical analysis of the Elgin drawings
5. Conclusions.