Empire without end antiquities collections in Renaissance Rome, c. 1350 - 1527
In the early fifteenth century, when Romans discovered ancient marble sculptures and inscriptions in the ruins, they often melted them into mortar. A hundred years later, however, antique marbles had assumed their familiar role as works of art displayed in private collections. Many of these collecti...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New Haven, Conn. u.a.
Yale Univ. Press
2010
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Geschichte 1350-1527
> Geschichte 1350-1530
> Art, Roman / Collectors and collecting / Italy / Rome
> Classical antiquities / Collectors and collecting / Italy / Rome
> Funde
> Art, Roman
> Collectors and collecting
> Classical antiquities
> Kunstsammler
> Antikensammlung
> Kunst
> Römerzeit
> Italien
> Rom
> Rome (Italy) / Antiquities
> Rome (Italy) / Civilization
> Rome (Italy)
> Antiquities
> Civilization
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | In the early fifteenth century, when Romans discovered ancient marble sculptures and inscriptions in the ruins, they often melted them into mortar. A hundred years later, however, antique marbles had assumed their familiar role as works of art displayed in private collections. Many of these collections, especially the Vatican Belvedere, are well known to art historians and archaeologists. Yet discussions of antiquities collecting in Rome too often begin with the Belvedere, that is, only after it was a widespread practice. In this important book, the author steps back to examine the "long" fifteenth century, a critical period in the history of antiquities collecting that has received scant attention. Kathleen Wren Christian examines shifts in the response of artists and writers to spectacular archaeological discoveries and the new role of collecting antiquities in the public life of Roman elites |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S. 389 - 423 |
| Beschreibung: | IX, 440 S. zahlr. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780300154214 978-0-300-15421-4 0300154216 0-300-15421-6 |