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Charles Robert Cockerell in the Mediterranean: Letters and Travels, 1810-1817

Charles Robert Cockerell in the Mediterranean: Letters and Travels, 1810-1817

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Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Year 2017
Pages 330
Version hardback
Readership level Professional and scholarly
Language English
ISBN 9781783272068
Categories Individual architects & architectural firms
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Charles R. Cockerell (1788-1863) was one of the most significant nineteenth-century British architects and a major player in the cultural shift from the Georgian eighteenth to the Victorian nineteenth century. Cockerell's travels in the eastern Mediterranean between 1810 and 1817 were the formative experience of his life. His forty letters from this period, held in the archives of the Royal Institute of British Architects and published here for the first time, give crucial day-to-day insights into his actions, thoughts and feelings in relation to the intricate histories of the re-discovery and sales of the Aegina and Bassae marbles and, equally importantly, illuminate his hugely significant work on temple architecture and sculpture in mainland Greece, the great cities of Asia Minor, and the significant temples of Sicily.
Drawing on these letters, and on some 150 unpublished letters sent by his friends while they were all in Greece and now held in the British Museum, this book elucidates what Cockerell did and why by analyzing his methods of work and their significance. It discusses Cockerell's aesthetic and conceptual development during his time abroad, particularly his influential part in the changing vision of Greek sculpture and architecture, from Winkelmann's static ideal to one rooted in dramatic tension and contextual contingency. The book unravels the emergence of Cockerell's crucial historical perspective and shows how he arrived at a new view of the ancient Greek past as made up of real lived lives, rather than just existing as a back drop to the present. By offering a complete edition of the RIBA letters, this book fills a significant gap in our understanding of the thought and work of one of the formative spirits of nineteenth century visual historical culture.

SUSAN PEARCE is Professor Emeritus of Museum Studies, University of Leicester.

THERESA ORMROD has extensive experience in archival research, manuscript transcription and editing. As a social history, a travelogue and an explanation of historical architectural discovery, it was highly informative and enjoyable. SPAB

Will be invaluable to scholars of Cockerell, nineteenth-century archaeology and Romantic travelling. But perhaps its greatest contribution to scholarship is that it definitively exhausts primary research on this preliminary stage of Cockerell's career. BURLINGTON MAGAZINE
Will appeal not only to scholars but also to a wider audience. JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF COLLECTIONS

Charles Robert Cockerell in the Mediterranean: Letters and Travels, 1810-1817

Table of contents

Preface

Introduction: Life Before Departure

Athens, Aegina, and the Morea

Asia Minor, Sicily, Albania, and Italy

Visions of Hellas

The Spirit of the Time

Homecomings

Introduction to the Letters

The Letters

Appendix 1. Sources

Appendix 2. Biographical Notes

Bibliography

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