England and the Mediterranean tradition : studies in art, history, and literature
1945, First Edition. [London] ; [New York] : Oxford University Press. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth boards, slightly rippled at the front, and with panel edges and endbands showing minor wear. Faint foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #476602
Physical description; viii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes; Fifteen essays reprinted from volumes 3, 6, and 7 of the Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld institutes. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; The Ruthwell Cross / F. Saxl – Alliance of England and Sicily in the second half of the twelfth century / Evelyn Jamison – John of Salisbury and pseudo-Plutarch / H. Liebeschütz – A giottesque episode in English mediaeval art / Otto Pächt – The Fitzwarin Psalter and its allies / Francis Wormald – Nicholas Hilliard and mannerist art theory / John Pope-Hennessy – The emblematic conceit in Giordano Bruno's "De gli eroici furori" and in the Elizabethan sonnet sequences / Frances A. Yates – The imagery of Ben Jonson's "The masque of blacknesse" and "The masque of beautie" / D.J. Gordon – Classical designs for churches by John Webb / Margaret Whinney – Julian the Apostate at Hampton Court / Edgar Wind – A classical aspect of Hogarth's theory of art / J.T.A. Burke – Pseudo-Palladian elements in English neo-classical architecture / Rudolf Wittkower – Eighteenth century elysiums / H.F. Clarke – Benjamin West's "Death of General Wolfe" and the popular history piece / Charles Mitchell – Blake's pictorial imagination / Anthony Blunt. Subjects; Art, English – History. Great Britain – Civilization – Mediterranean influences. Art – England – History.
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