Travels in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810 1817: The Journal of C. R. Cockerell, R.A. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108065931)

The architect Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863) was encouraged to travel at a young age, so that he might draw inspiration from the great works of European architecture. However, when the Napoleonic Wars made parts of the continent inaccessible to Englishmen, his eye was turned towards southern Europe and the Ottoman Empire. This version of the Grand Tour took up seven years, during which he recorded the events in his journals. There his observations would have remained had it not been for the editorial labours of his son, Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1844-1921), who published the present work in 1903. The narrative takes in such cities as Constantinople, Athens, Florence and Rome. Touching also on friendships made with such figures as Byron, the text gives a sense of what continental travel was like at that time and how the architecture of the past continued to captivate designers in the modern age.

Author: Charles Robert Cockerell
ISBN-10: 1108065937
ISBN-13: 9781108065931
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2013
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.68d