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The Society of Dilettanti : archaeology and identity in the British enlightenment / Jason M. Kelly.

By: Kelly, Jason M
Publisher: New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 2009.Description: xvii, 366 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., plans, ports. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9780300152197Subject(s): Society of Dilettanti (London, England) | Group identity -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Archaeology -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Aesthetics, British -- 18th century | Science -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 706/.042
Contents:
The dilettanti culture of the eighteenth century -- Libertinism and masculine association in enlightenment London -- Charlemont and Wood in the making of British classical archaeology -- Architecture and archaeology in enlightenment thought -- Archaeology and identity in the British enlightenment -- A "kind of Turkish fabrick": the ethnographic function of the archaeological topography -- The Dilettanti at the end of the enlightenment.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Prints and Drawings Shelves Ss.5.10 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available PD10000935
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The dilettanti culture of the eighteenth century -- Libertinism and masculine association in enlightenment London -- Charlemont and Wood in the making of British classical archaeology -- Architecture and archaeology in enlightenment thought -- Archaeology and identity in the British enlightenment -- A "kind of Turkish fabrick": the ethnographic function of the archaeological topography -- The Dilettanti at the end of the enlightenment.