'Sybaris is the land where it wishes to take us': luxurious insertions in Picturesque gardens

'Sybaris is the land where it wishes to take us': luxurious insertions in Picturesque gardens

Towards the end of the eighteenth century, the discovery of Pompeii attracted European aristocrats to include the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Southern Italy) on their Grand Tour itinerary. Similarly, Sybaris, an ancient Greek colonial polis also directed aristocratic attention to the region. French...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Condello, Annette
Format: Journal Article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3251

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