Pilgrims of Beauty

Original Title: Peregrinos de la belleza

In the eighteenth century, Italy and Greece became places of veneration and obligatory pilgrimage for young aristocrats whose education was not considered to be complete without visiting these countries to ponder their beauty in situ. Books like Goethe’s Italian Journey made a decisive contribution towards it, in particular as it was one of the first works to express the transformations that inhabitants of northern lands were going to undergo after coming into contact with Mediterranean essences.

Praises

«This book instructs and delights. Who could ask for more?».
El Mundo

«This treasure trove of a book will surprise the reader with its many marvellous passages, dazzling anecdotes and exquisite sensibility».
El País

"Masterly».
La Razón

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Details

Acantilado

April 2015

1 pages

Biographies and memoirs, Essay, Travel Literature

Translation Rights

Portuguese Brasil (Martins Editora Livraria)