Dilettanti: The Antic and the Antique in Eighteenth-Century England
By Bruce Redford (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 2004–05) Bruce Redford re-creates the vibrant culture of connoisseurship in Enlightenment England by investigating the multifaceted activities and achievements of the Society of Dilettani. Elegantly and wittily he dissects the British connoisseurs whose expeditions, collections, and publications laid the groundwork for the Neoclassical revival and for the scholarly study … Continued
