"Fit Cradle of the Reviving Art": An inquiry into the the Evolving Material Reality of the Murals in the Camposanto of Pisa from the Perspective of their British Reception from the 17th to the 19th century

The Camposanto of Pisa is an extraordinarily complex and evocative monument, which has captured the imagination of pilgrims, both religious and secular, for centuries. The late Medieval and early Renaissance wall paintings that line the perimeter of the portico surrounding a vast inner courtyard, are unparalleled in early Italian art, not only for their striking variety of composition and narrative complexity, but also for the sheer grandeur of their proportion. However, the passage of time has scarred the structure of the Camposanto and inflicted terrible damage on its wall paintings. This thesis explores the material reality of the Camposanto as experienced over three centuries through the eyes of British travelers. In order to situate the Camposanto mural cycle within an historical and cultural context, the first chapter provides an overview of the construction and decoration of the monument. Notably, Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), the Italian Humanist often recognized as the father of art history, included numerous descriptions of the Camposanto murals in his highly influential text Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori. Accordingly, the second chapter provides an analysis of Vasari’s descriptions and reflects upon the influence that the Renaissance author may have had upon the subsequent British reception of the Camposanto murals. The third chapter utilizes three centuries of travel writing in order to investigate the aesthetic impact of the Camposanto mural cycle upon British tourists from the seventeenth through to the nineteenth century.

The breaking of the circle; studies in the effect of the "new science" upon seventeenth century poetry.

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The poets and poetry of Munster; a selection of Irish songs by the poets of the last century.

First and second editions (1849 and 1850) edited by John O'Daly.

The Barrett Library: Wegelin collection of later nineteenth-century minor American poetry.

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Scottish poetry of the eighteenth century...

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Sacred poetry of the seventeenth century; including the whole of Giles Fletcher's Christ's victory and triumph; with copious selections from Spenser, Davies, Sandys [and others] With an introductory essay and critical remarks,

"Christ's victory and triumph": v. 1, p. [85]-166.

The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh century to the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which are prefixed, three dissertations: 1. Of the origin of romantic fiction in Europe. 2. On the introduction of learning into England. 3. On the Gesta Romanorum.

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An American anthology 1787-1900 : selections illustrating the editor's critical review of American poetry in the nineteenth century /

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A common-place book of the fifteenth century : containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms, and local accounts /

Spine title: The boke of Brome.

The poets and poetry of the nineteenth century ...

I. George Crabbe to Samuel Taylor Coleridge.--II. Robert Southey to Percy Bysshe Shelley.--III. John Keats to Edward, lord Lytton.--IV. Frederick Tennyson to Arthur Hugh Clough.--V. Charles Kingsley to James Thomson.--VI. William Morris to Robert Buchanan.--VII. Robert Bridges and contemporary poets.--VIII. Joanna Baillie to Jean Ingelow.--IX. Christina G. Rossetti to Katharine Tynan.--X. Humour: George Crabbe to Edmund B.V. Christian.--XI. Sacred poets of the nineteenth century: James Montgomery to Anna Laetitia Waring.--XII. Edward Hayes Plumtre to Selwyn Image.

An American anthology, 1787-1900; selections illustrating the editor's critical review of American poetry in the nineteenth century.

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Perpetual motion; comprising a history of the efforts to attain self-motive mechanism, with a classified, illustrated, collection and explanation of the devices whereby it has been sought and why they failed, and comprising also a revision and re-arrangement of the information afforded by "Search for self-motive power during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries," London, 1861, and "A history of the search for self-motive power from the 13th to the 19th century," London, 1870, by Henry Dircks ...

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