Art As Plunder - The Ancient Origins of Debate About Cultural Property

Informationen zum Autor Margaret M. Miles, an archaeologist and historian, is Professor of Art History and Classics at the University of California, Irvine. She has held fellowships at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the American Academy in Rome. She has excavated at Corinth and Athens and did architectural fieldwork at Rhamnous in Greece and at Selinunte and Agrigento in Sicily. Her earlier publications include a study of the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous (Hesperia, 1989) and a volume in the Agora excavation series on the City Eleusinion, the downtown Athenian branch of the Eleusinian Mysteries (The Athenian Agora, Volume 31: The City Eleusinion, 1998). Klappentext This book examines the ancient origins of debate about art as cultural property through Cicero's speeches. Zusammenfassung This book examines the ancient origins of debate about art as cultural property. It focuses on the theft of art in Greek Sicily! Verres' trial! Roman collectors of art! and the later impact of Cicero's arguments! concluding with the British decision after Waterloo to repatriate Napoleon's stolen art to Italy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Art as Roman plunder; 2. The Roman context of Cicero's prosecution of Verres; 3. Cicero's views on the social place of art; 4. Roman display of art: from Lucullus to Lausos; 5. Art as European plunder; Epilogue: the continuing plunder of art.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret M Miles, Margaret M. Miles, Margaret M. (University of California Miles, Margaret Melanie Miles, Miles Margaret M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521172905
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17290-5
• No. of pages: 442
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, ART / Business Aspects, Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks, Forgery, falsification and theft of artworks, ART / Forgeries