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Dilettanti, Society of
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From: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Date: 20040101
Author:IAN CHILVERS
Dilettanti, Society of.
Society of British connoisseurs founded in London in 1732; it was originally a dining club for young noblemen and gentlemen who had been on the Grand Tour , but it came to play a prominent role in matters of taste, and particularly in the study of antique art. The original members met on the first Sunday of the month in a tavern (drinking a toast to ‘Grecian taste and Roman spirit’), so provoking the sneer of Horace Walpole , never one of them, that ‘the nominal qualification for membership is having been in Italy and the real one being ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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