Topographic Memory and Victorian Travellers in the Dolomite Mountains Peaks of Venice /
Guided by the romantic compass of Byron, Ruskin, and Turner, Victorian travellers to the Dolomites sketched in the mountainous backdrop of Venice a cultural 'Petit Tour' of global significance. As they zigzagged across a debatable land between Italy and Austria, Victorians discovered a uni...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2020
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| Series: | Landscape & heritage series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : tools for unravelling heritage
- The Alps and the grand tour
- The laboratory of the picturesque
- The golden age of mountaineering
- The silver age of mountaineering
- Titian country
- Picturesque mountains
- Dolomite close-ups
- King Laurin's Garden
- Epilogue : Messner Country.
