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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bainbridge, William (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Colección:Landscape & heritage series.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.