Fontanella This Favoured Land

Edward King-Tenison and Lady Louisa in Spain, 1850–1853
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78707-878-9
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 190 Seiten

In the wake of the Irish potato famine, Edward King-Tenison, a sometime Irish politician of the liberal order and one of the first masterful photographers of Spain, and his wife, Lady Louisa Mary Anne Anson, the eldest daughter of the 1st Earl of Lichfield, left their estate of Kilronan in County Roscommon, Ireland, to reside and travel in Andalusia and, later, in Castile. The remarkable adventure on which these Irish nobles embarked in mid-nineteenth-century Spain led to a husband-and-wife team of astonishing cultural production. While Tenison focused on photography, Lady Louisa chronicled their travels, producing sketches and establishing relations on an international level with other artists, who collaborated in her illustrated chronicle. This book documents the fascinating travels of this couple and presents their work to a new readership.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fontanella, Lee

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Besondere Themen und Arten der Fotografie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS: How I met the Tenisons, who they were, and why they so interested me – The sociability and civic-mindedness of the Tenisons – The Spanish sojourn: Profound substrata that serve to define both civic and artistic differences between the Tenisons and Spaniards – Sketching and photographing – Tracing the Spanish sojourn: Calendar, general route and excursions.

Über Autor(innen)

Lee Fontanella is Professor Emeritus of Humanities and the Arts. Known particularly for his expertise in the history of photography in Spain, he has published many books and articles on this subject and has lectured widely in Europe and the United States.