TY  - GEN
T1  - Topographic memory and Victorian travellers in the Dolomite Mountains : peaks of Venice
T2  - Landscape & heritage series.
A1  - Bainbridge, William
LA  - English
PP  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1164698804
AB  - Guided by the romantic compass of Byron, Ruskin, and Turner, Victorian travellers to the Dolomites sketched in the mountainous backdrop of Venice a cultural 'Petit Tour' of global significance. As they zigzagged across a debatable land between Italy and Austria, Victorians discovered a unique geography characterized by untrodden peaks and unfrequented valleys. The discovery of this landscape blended aesthetic, scientific, and cultural values utterly different from those engendered by the bombastic conquests of the Western Alps achieved during the 'Golden Age of Mountaineering'. Filtered through memories of the Venetian Grand Tour, their encounter with the Dolomites is revealed through a series of distinct cultural practices that paradigmatically define a 'Silver Age of Mountaineering'. These practices reveal a range of geographic concerns that are more ethnographic than imperialistic, more feminine than masculine, more artistic than sportive - rather than racing to summits, the Silver Age is about rambling, rather than conquering peaks, it is about sketching them in a fully articulated interaction with the Dolomite landscape.
OP  - 309
CN  - PR756.T72
SN  - 9789048539314
SN  - 9048539315
SN  - 9462987610
SN  - 9789462987616
KW  - Dolomite Alps (Italy) : Description and travel.
KW  - Venice (Italy) : Description and travel.
KW  - Dolomite Alps (Italy) : History : 19th century.
KW  - British : Travel : Italy : History : 19th century.
KW  - Dolomites (Italie) : Descriptions et voyages.
KW  - Venise (Italie) : Descriptions et voyages.
KW  - Dolomites (Italie) : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Britanniques : Voyages : Italie : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - European history.
KW  - Social and cultural history.
KW  - Travel and holiday.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : Subjects & Themes : Nature.
KW  - British : Travel
KW  - Travel
KW  - Travelers' writings, English
KW  - Italy
KW  - Italy : Dolomite Alps
KW  - Italy : Venice
KW  - 1800-1899
KW  - Alps.
KW  - Dolomites.
KW  - Landscape.
KW  - heritage.
KW  - landscape art.
KW  - nineteenth century.
KW  - travel writing.
KW  - History
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -