Grand Tour

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The Grand Tour was a traditional educational journey through Europe, especially Italy and France, undertaken by wealthy young Europeans from the 17th to 19th centuries to study art, culture, and classical antiquity.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Grand Tour canonical 3
Grand Tour culture 2
Grand Tour era 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European social custom ⓘ
cultural practice ⓘ
educational journey ⓘ
travel tradition ⓘ
associatedWith British aristocracy ⓘ
Enlightenment culture ⓘ
European aristocracy ⓘ
classical education ⓘ
declineCause political changes in Europe ⓘ
rise of railways and mass tourism ⓘ
endDate 19th century ⓘ
field architecture ⓘ
art history ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ
literature ⓘ
hasCharacteristic collection of artworks and antiquities ⓘ
emphasis on social networking ⓘ
focus on classical sites ⓘ
guided by tutors or mentors ⓘ
long duration ⓘ
influenced European collecting practices ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
museum formation in Europe ⓘ
neoclassical architecture ⓘ
neoclassical art ⓘ
travel writing ⓘ
languageOfTerm English ⓘ
mainParticipants aristocratic young men ⓘ
upper-class travelers ⓘ
wealthy young Europeans ⓘ
originOfTerm French phrase "grand tour" ⓘ
purpose education ⓘ
language learning ⓘ
social refinement ⓘ
study of art ⓘ
study of classical antiquity ⓘ
study of culture ⓘ
startDate 17th century ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
typicalDestination Florence ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Naples ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
surface form: the Low Countries

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neoclassicism → associatedWith → Grand Tour ⓘ
Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers → influencedBy → Grand Tour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Tour travel tradition
Cascata di Tivoli → popularDuring → Grand Tour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Tour era
Picturesque movement → influencedBy → Grand Tour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Tour culture
Baedeker travel guides → associatedWith → Grand Tour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Tour tradition
Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante → influencedBy → Grand Tour ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Tour culture
Grand Départ → partOf → Grand Tour ⓘ