In Search of Greece : catalogue of an exhibit of drawings at the British Museum by Edward Dodwell and Simone Pomardi ; from the collection of the Packard Humanities Institute / John McKesson Camp II ; with contributions by Ian Jenkins, Fani-Maria Tsigakou, Kim Sloan.
Alternate Title(s):
Title of exhibition: In Search of Classical Greece
Published / Created:
Los Altos, California : The Packard Humanities Institute, 2013.
Physical Description:
ix, 205 pages, 2 unnumbered folded page of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 26 x 34 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
This catalog was published in conjunction with the exhibition In Search of Classical Greece: Travel Drawings of Edward Dodwell and Simone Pomardi, 1805-1806, on display at the British Museum from February 7 to April 28, 2013.
Contents:
Foreword / Neil MacGregor and David W. Packard -- Introduction: The Road to Erudite Athens / Ian Jenkins -- Introduction to the Collection / John Camp -- Greece at the Eve of the Nineteenth Century: Poised between Myth and Reality / Fani-Maria Tsigakou -- Seen through a Glass Darkly: Dodwell and Pomardi's Drawings and Watercolors of Greece / Kim Sloan -- Catalogue of Drawings.
Subject Terms:
Dodwell, Edward, 1767–1832 -- Exhibitions. | Pomardi, Simone, 1757–1830 -- Exhibitions. | Greece -- In art -- Exhibitions. | Architecture, Greek, in art -- Exhibitions. | Drawing -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. | Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. | British Museum -- Exhibitions.
Contributors:
Jenkins, Ian (Ian Dennis), author. | Tsigakou, Fani-Maria, author. | Sloan, Kim, author. | British Museum, host institution. | Packard Humanities Institute, collector.