STORIA DELLA CULTURA MODERNA E DEL GRAND TOUR

The course aims to provide knowledge of the main historical and cultural themes related to the Grand Tour and the vision of Italy and Sicily in the historical, cultural, cartographic documentation during the modern age.

Frontal lessons and seminars.

1. Italy on the the Grad Tour and the discovery of Sicily between archeology and sciences. The main themes from XVI to XIX century (3 CFU).
2. Culture and society (2 CFU).
3. Thematic course: Documents, books, pictures: Travellers’museum in Sicily (1 CFU).

A. Italy on the the Grad Tour and the discovery of Sicily between archeology and sciences (3 CFU)

C. De Seta, L’Italia nello specchio del Grand Tour, in C. De Seta a cura di, Storia d’Italia, Annali vol.5, Einaudi, 1982, pp.125-263 ;

F. Gringeri Pantano, L’isola del viaggio, Domenico Sanfilippo Editore, 2009, pp.2-111

B. Cultura e società (2 CFU). Choose a book as an extension reading

A. Brilli, Le viaggiatrici del Grand Tour, Il Mulino, 2020

H. Tuzet, Viaggiatori stranieri in Sicilia nel XVIII secolo, Sellerio, 1988

A. Brilli, Il viaggio in Italia, Storia di una grande tradizione culturale. Il Mulino, 2008

AA.VV., La Sicilia dei grandi viaggiatori, Edizioni Abete, 1988

F. Venturi, L’Italia fuori dall’Italia, in R. Romano, C.Vivanti a cura di, Storia d’Italia, vol.3, Dal primo Settecento all’Unità,, Einaudi, 1973, pp. 985-1244.

C. Thematic course : Documents, books, pictures: Travellers’ museum in Sicily (1 CFU)

F. Gringeri Pantano, L’isola del viaggio, Domenico Sanfilippo Editore, 2009, pp.116-271.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.