De University World Cruise van 1926-1927 was een studentencruise rond de wereld aan boord van het ss Rijndam van de Holland-Amerika Lijn. Deze tocht werd georganiseerd door de University Travel...Show moreDe University World Cruise van 1926-1927 was een studentencruise rond de wereld aan boord van het ss Rijndam van de Holland-Amerika Lijn. Deze tocht werd georganiseerd door de University Travel Association en deed gedurende 7 maanden ruim 50 havens en 33 landen aan. Tijdens de cruise kregen de studenten aan boord les van professoren van verschillende Amerikaanse universiteiten. Deze nieuwe vorm van educatief toerisme doet denken aan de Grand Tour van 1550-1830. De scriptie onderzoekt of de University World Cruise een exponent van de Grand Tour was.Show less
Research master thesis | Archaeology (research) (MA/MSc)
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2018-02-01T00:00:00Z, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z
The building of the Via Appia was ordered in 312 BC by Censor Appius Claudius Caecus. It was a remarkable project for several reasons: first, it was uncommon for a censor to have this type of power...Show moreThe building of the Via Appia was ordered in 312 BC by Censor Appius Claudius Caecus. It was a remarkable project for several reasons: first, it was uncommon for a censor to have this type of power, but more importantly: never before had such a durable and great road been built. It first led to Terracina, a stretch with unparalleled straightness, then to Capua and to Brindisi. It was built with innovative techniques. The poet Statius called it ‘Regina Viarum’ (Statius Silvae II.II.12): the Queen of Roads. Today, it is the only surviving ancient road leaving Rome that is a place of public interest. This thesis is a biography of the sometimes turbulent past of the Via Appia Antica. It researches how the road has become what it is today by writing about the most important time periods that have influenced the layout of the road, but also its Romantic atmosphere. The road has been in use continuously up to the present day, although for different purposes. During the Roman Republic and the Empire, it was used for travel, funerals, transport and military missions. In the Middle Ages, it became both a destination for Christian pilgrimage and a gold mine for reusable materials. The destruction and robbing of the ancient structures was at its peak during the Renaissance: Europeans came to Rome and brought home enormous amounts of art and antiquities to refurnish their palaces. In the sixteenth century the Via Appia was abandoned when high taxes discouraged its travellers and the Via Appia Nuova was built. Nevertheless, the road endured and received renewed attention during Romanticism with the ‘Grand Tour’ of wealthy Europeans. In its state of decay, the Via Appia was popularly painted and it has left us with a great record of eighteenth and nineteenth century paintings. Today, the road looks the way it does in these paintings: it has responded to the Romantic ideal. Now the Via Appia is a place of residency and recreation. It is used for hiking, cycling and picknicking, but also, at night, for illegal activities. The stakeholders of the road today vary and have conflicting interests. Although a usual biography tells the history of a person, an object or a landscape, this thesis goes the extra mile by also dedicating a chapter to the current state of the road, which is just as much part of the ancient ‘regina viarum’ as any other period of time.Show less
In this thesis the creation and appearance of Joan Blaeu’s town atlas of the city and monuments of Rome, the Admiranda Urbis Romæ, are treated. In the first part the social-historic context related...Show moreIn this thesis the creation and appearance of Joan Blaeu’s town atlas of the city and monuments of Rome, the Admiranda Urbis Romæ, are treated. In the first part the social-historic context related to the appearance of the town atlas is discussed: relevant elements for the interest in Italy in the second half of the seventeenth century were taken into consideration (Humanism, the collecting of antiquities, Grand Tour). The flourishing of Dutch publishing in this period has also been treated, in particular the emergence of the Blaeu firm in Amsterdam. In the second phase of the research focus was shifted towards the town atlas of Rome. Its goal, contents and intended audience, as well as the relationships with Italian sponsors and the collaboration of the Blaeu firm with their Italian contacts were discussed. After a description of the characteristics of the original Blaeu edition, in the final part of the thesis later editions by other publishers were treated. A conclusion was then reached about the development of a subtly changing perspective on Rome as witnessed through the various editions of the town atlas of Rome; the relations between the Netherlands and Italy in the second half of the seventeenth century were a guiding theme through the entire research.Show less
A new rite of passage in the form of travel, particularly to Europe, has become commonplace in post-World War II Australian society. The Australian experience is unique; the country's geographic...Show moreA new rite of passage in the form of travel, particularly to Europe, has become commonplace in post-World War II Australian society. The Australian experience is unique; the country's geographic place in the world, its healthy economy and its historic tie to Great Britain all characterise this phenomenon. This experience - as fluid as it may seem on the surface - has remained relatively consistent throughout the post World War II period despite developments in aviation and communications technology.Show less
