The Villa Laurentina of Pliny the Younger in an 18th Century Vision -Miziolek Jerzy
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- Anno Edizione:
- 2016
- Argomento:
- Arte e storia dell'arte
- ISBN:
- 978-88-913-0844-3
Descrizione:
Rilegatura: Brossura
Pagine: 250, 18 ill. B/N, 120 ill. Col.
Formato: 24 x 28 cm
Jerzy Miziolek, Villa Laurentina of Pliny the Younger in an Eighteenth Century Vision
Contents
Introduction
Chapter I. Stanislaw Kostka Potocki: archaeology and artistic culture in the 2nd half of the eighteenth century
1.The fascination with Antiquity and its influence in the 2nd half of the eighteenth century
2.Stanis³aw Kostka Potocki in the Memoirs of Eyewitness
3.Stanis³aw Kostka Potocki' s studies at the Royal Academy in Turin
4.Stanis³aw Kostka Potocki' s travels around Italy in 1774-82
5.In the company of Princess Izabela Lubomirska: Stanis³aw Kostka Potocki' s sojourn in Italy in 1785-86
Chapter II. The Laurentina - Pliny the Younger' s villa marittima and its reconstruction in the pure taste of the century of Trajan
1. A literary portrait of the Laurentina - the dwelling-place of the Muses
2.The owner of the Laurentina
3.The search for the remnants of the Laurentina in the eighteenth century and later
4.Pliny' s letter on the Laurentina in European culture from the Renaissance to neoclassicism
5.Artists employed by Stanis³aw Kostka Potocki, and their drawings
6.Reconstruction drawings of the Laurentina and remarks on the Notes et Idées sur la Villa de Pline
7.Reconstruction of Pliny' s villa, decoration of the main rooms, patterns and inspirations
8.The cryptoportico with adjacent pavilions and the heliocaminus
9. Some notes on the Ideas Guiding the Plan for Pliny' s villa by Potocki
Chapter III. The third dimension of Pliny the Younger' s villa. Virtual reconstruction of the Laurentina
Instead of an epilogue: the Laurentina of Potocki' s vision and the artistic culture of neoclassical Warsaw
Appendices
I. Pliny the Younger, Letter to Gallus (2, 17)
II. Stanis³aw Kostka Potocki, Notes and Ideas on Pliny' s Villa
III. Notes and explanations in the portfolios containing the drawings
Bibliography