Record Number: 17182
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Benjamin Robert Haydon to Elizabeth Barrett, 6 June 1843: 'I read Vasari, all day -- yesterday[.] Why are Vasari's Lives so popular [--] why have they gone through so many Editions? -- because what is anecdotical & human is not sacrificed for the sake of the abstract & professional [...] The fact the Michael Angelo was liable to head aches -- is a Comfort! and when I read he had the cramp! -- my dear, I rise an inch taller as I walk'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:5 Jun 1843
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1786
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Artist
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Delle vite de piu eccelenti pittori, scultori, ed archittetori
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Biography, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17182
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1989
Vol:7
Page:170
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 170, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17182, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Not clear whether text read in original, or in translated extracts; source eds note that no complete English translation of text published until 1850 (see p.171 n.1).