Nature of Classical Collecting - Collectors and Collections, 100 Bce-100 Ce

Zusatztext 'Museology students will find the theoretical introduction and discussions of methodological approaches especially useful. Anyone with an interest in the history of museums will be able to mine the text for fascinating facts and insightful ideas! and gain an overall impression of a collecting period that has remained hidden up until now.' Museum and Society Informationen zum Autor Alexandra Bounia The author argues that the collecting practices of classical Greece and Rome offer a rich tapestry of experiences which can be reconstructed to illuminate a pivotal period in the long and ever-developing phenomenon of collecting. Zusammenfassung The author argues that the collecting practices of classical Greece and Rome offer a rich tapestry of experiences which can be reconstructed to illuminate a pivotal period in the long and ever-developing phenomenon of collecting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface; Introduction; Reading ancient texts: methodological approaches to interpretation and appropriation. Part I Notions of collecting in the ancient world: Collecting material testimonies: antiquarianism and notions of the past; 'Gifts-to-men and gifts-to-gods': defining (collecting) values; The concept of the individual as a cultural category: its implications in classical collecting; Collecting in time and space in the classical world. Part II Classical collectors and collections: Visiting Pliny's collection: reading a 'museum'; Poet's gifts! collector's worlds: the epigrams of Martial; 'Luxury is not for everybody': collecting as a means of sharing cultural and social identity; 'Furnishing' the collector's world: Cicero's Epistulae and the Verrine Orations. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Bounia, Dr Alexandra Bounia
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2004
• EAN: 9780754600121
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0012-1
• No. of pages: 374
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 227 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Perspectives on Collecting; Perspectives on Collecting
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; History: specific events & topics, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Antiques & collectables, History: specific events and topics, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Antiques, vintage and collectables