The Grand Tours which were so popular were illustrated by drawings of scenes and the "photographic" process would improve the quality and ease with which these popular holiday memories could be produced.
During the 18th century Italy had become one of the main destinations of the Grand Tour visitors, who came from Northern Europe to study and admire Italian art and architecture, and also to absorb classical culture.
In the 19th century, an increasing number of Western Europeans made the "Grand Tour" to Mediterranean lands.
In 1840, with money advanced by Jonathan Sturges, Reed's son-in-law and business partner, Durand embarked on a two-year European Grand Tour, part of which was spent in the company of the artists John Casilear, John Kensett, and Thomas Rossiter.
This is a gathering of the members of the Society Dilettante, an exclusive club of British aristocrats dedicated to studying classical art and knowledge on the Grand Tour and as a pastime.
In the 19th century, an increasing number of Europeans made the "Grand Tour" to Mediterranean lands.
In an age when a Grand Tour was considered a necessary part of one's education, he never went abroad.
Brown's intensely rich, majestic Italian landscapes were snapped up by wealthy American tourists making the Grand Tour. Today, works by the Brown are appreciated on many levels for their stateliness and majestic grandeur.
American sculptors using Alabaster include Jose de Creeft, Jacob Epstein, Chaim Gross, Allan Houser, Doug Hyde, Gaston Lachaise and Reuben Nakian. Sources: Greta Elena Couper, "An American Sculptor on the Grand Tour"; Ralph Mayer, ...
17th-century Italy, notably in the writings of Bellori. His friend Poussin and the great Bolognese painters of the 17th century were regarded as outstanding exponents of the Grand Manner, but the greatest of all was held to be Raphael. Grand Tour ...
 See also: Painting, Roman, Classic, Movement, Aesthetic
  
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