Before the early nineteenth century, caves had been sacred places where hermits lived, legendary and mythical hidey-holes for sibyls and dragons, and had recently been added to the itinerary of the Grand Tour undertaken to complete a gentleman’s education. Over the next hundred years they became better appreciated for their beauty, grandeur and reality. Heinrich Jakob Fried (1802-1870), The Blue Grotto, Capri (1835), oil on canvas, 50 × 63 cm, K…
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