Sökning: "the grand tour"
Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden the grand tour.
1. Volontärerna : Internationellt hjälparbete från missionsorganisationer till volontärresebyråer
Sammanfattning : A new form of foreign travel called “voluntourism” has emerged in Sweden. In advertisements that invite to “make a difference”, travel agencies promote short- term aid opportunities at for example orphanages or schools in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. International volunteer work is nothing new. LÄS MER
2. Claiming Rome : Portraiture and Social Identity in the Eighteenth Century
Sammanfattning : This study examines two groups of European nobility, the Roman aristocracy and the British Grand Tour travellers, specifically, their attitudes towards Antiquity as expressed in portraits produced in eighteenth-century Rome. Antiquity in this study connotes Ancient Rome, particularly its political system, religious system and architecture, and assumes it to be the quintessence of a Western mythology that had supported the legitimation of the ruling classes since the Middle Ages. LÄS MER
3. Den statskloka resan : Adelns peregrinationer 1610–1680
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with foreign travel undertaken by the Swedish nobility during the 17th century. The first part contains a close examination of Swedish university orationes on the importance of foreign travel. LÄS MER