The Society of Dilettanti
Subtitle: archaeology and identity in the British enlightenment
By: Jason Kelly.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300152197
Subjects: Society of Dilettanti (London, England); Group identity -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Archaeology -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Aesthetics, British -- 18th century; Science -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The dilettanti culture of the eighteenth century; title: Libertinism and masculine association in enlightenment London; title: Charlemont and Wood in the making of British classical archaeology; title: Architecture and archaeology in enlightenment thought; title: Archaeology and identity in the British enlightenment; title: A "kind of Turkish fabrick": the ethnographic function of the archaeological topography; title: The Dilettanti at the end of the enlightenment.