From Alps to Art with Palmerston and Pars

An Eighteenth-Century Artistic and Literary Travelogue through the Alps

176 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

It's 1770. Henry Temple, the second Viscount Palmerston, embarks on the Tour des Alpes, stopping in a small lakeside village on Lake Verbano. It has a modest but bustling port, frequented by merchants and travelers. Stefano Bolla begins with the view of that place, Magadino, to relive the journey of one of the first English explorers of the Alps. Instead of nonexistent cameras, he takes along the artist William Pars. The result is a journal recorded day by day by Palmerston and published here in its entirety for the first time, accompanied by some of Pars's illustrations. While not aspiring to mountaineering, this journey stands out as a decisive precursor to Alpine tourism.

• Reihe: Selbst-Konstruktion - Témoignages - Scritture del sé
• Themen: Kunst Design, industrielle und kommerzielle Kunst, Illustration Buchgestaltung und Buchbinderei
• ISBN: 9783796556227
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.08.2026
• Verlag: Schwabe Verlag Basel
• Herausgegeben von: Stefano Bolla