Collecting Classical Sculpture in Britain Since 1750

Zusatztext A very useful addition to the growing bookshelf dealing with the history of collecting Informationen zum Autor Viccy Coltman is Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung A fully illustrated study of the reception of classical sculptures in the early modern period. Viccy Coltman contrasts the culture of British eighteenth-century collecting, which integrated sculpture into the domestic interior, with the focus upon individual specimens by classical archaeologists like Adolf Michaelis a century later. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Lord Lansdowne's Wounded Amazon 1: `The loving labours of a learned German': Adolf Michaelis and the Historiography of Classical Sculpture in Britain 2: `The spoils of Roman grandeur': Correspondence Collecting and the Market in Rome 3: The Operations of Sculpture: (Re)writing Restoration 4: Collecting and Global Politics: The Export of Marbles from Rome and their Transport to Britain 5: `The lecture on Venus's arse'; Richard Cosway's `Charles Townley with a group of connoisseurs', c.1771-5 6: `Placed with propriety': The Display and Viewing of Ancient Sculpture 7: `Casting a lustful eye': Townley as Collector and Cataloguer Conclusion: Joseph Nollekens' `The Judgment of Paris'

Product details

• Authors: Viccy Coltman, Coltman Viccy
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2009
• EAN: 9780199551262
• ISBN: 978-0-19-955126-2
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Classical Presences; Classical Presences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Japan, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, ART / History / General, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ART / European, Art & Art Instruction, ART / Sculpture & Installation, sculpture, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary theory, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE