Turin and the British in the Age of the Grand Tour

Table of Contents

List of figures
Contributors
Preface and acknowledgements Christopher J. Smith and Andrea Merlotti
Foreword Martin Postle
Introduction Paola Bianchi and Karin Wolfe
Part I. Britain in Turin: Politics and Culture at the Savoy Court:
1. England and Savoy: dynastic intimacy and cultural relations under the early Stuarts Toby Osborne
2. Marriage proposals: seventeenth-century Stuart–Savoy matrimonial prospects and politics Andrea Pennini
3. The court of Turin and the English succession, 1712–20 Edward Corp
4. The British diplomatic presence in Turin: diplomatic culture and British élite identity, 1688–1789/98 Christopher Storrs
Part II. Turin: Gateway to Grand Tour Society:
5. The British at the Turin Royal Academy: cosmopolitanism and religious pragmatism Paola Bianchi
6. Thomas Coke in Turin and the Turin Royal Academy Andrew Moore
7. 'Never a more favorable reception than in the present juncture': British residents and travellers in and about Turin, 1747–8 Edoardo Piccoli
8. The British and Freemasonry in eighteenth-century Turin Andrea Merlotti
Part III. Torino Britannica: Diplomacy and Cultural Brokerage:
9. John Molesworth: British envoy and cultural intermediary in Turin Karin Wolfe
10. Silver from London and Turin: diplomacy by display and George Hervey, Earl of Bristol, Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Savoy 1755–8 James Rothwell
11. The 'Savoyard': the painter Domenico Duprà and his British sitters Jonathan Yarker
12. The culture of confession: the Sardinian Chapel in London in the eighteenth century Paola Cozzo
Part IV. Turin and Britain: Architectural Crossroads:
13. Architects and kings in Grand Tour Europe Tomasso Manfredi
14. A homage from Turin: Filippo Juvarra's sketches for Lord Burlington Cristina Ruggero
15. Crossing borders: the pioneering role of the architect-engineer Giovanni Battista Borra between Piedmont and Britain Olga Zoller
Part V. Britain and Turin: Chinoiserie as an International Aesthetic:
16. Chinoiserie in Piedmont: an international language of diplomacy and modernity Christopher M. S. Johns
17. 'Alla China': the reception of international decorative models in Piedmont Cristina Mossetti
18. The British garden in Piedmont in the late eighteenth century: variations on the picturesque, the Anglo-Chinese and the landscape garden Paolo Cornaglia
Part VI. Turin in Britain: Cultural Exchange in Grand Tour Europe:
19. A plurality of pluras: the Plura family of sculptors between Turin and Britain Alastair Laing
20. 'A memorable era in the instrumental music of this kingdom': Piedmontese musicians in London in the latter half of the eighteenth century Annarita Colturato
21. The British Baretti: didactics and criticism Cristina Bracchi
22. Vittorio Alfieri and the 'English Republic': reflections on an elective affinity Francesca Fedi
Appendices: I. British diplomats and visitors to Turin in the eighteenth century Christopher Storrs
Sabaudian diplomats to London in the eighteenth century Andrea Merlotti
II. British attendees at the Turin Royal Academy Paola Bianchi
III. Letters from the Molesworth–Galilei correspondence, 1721–5 Karin Wolfe
References
Index.

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