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Sciences of antiquity : romantic antiquarianism, natural history, and knowledge work /
In the course of the eighteenth century, discoveries ranging from Tahiti to Pompeii initiated a scientific turn in the study of the past. Seeking a formal language to display these new findings, Romantic-era plate books presented a wide array of objects as ancient relics. This proliferation of antiq...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Corby :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Classical presences.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Plates
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Knowledge Work and the Proliferation of Antiquities
- i: Explorations of antiquity
- ii: Romantic antiquarianism
- iii: Knowledge work, or, sciences from the middle
- iv: Transformations of antiquity
- NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITY
- 1. Beyond Patronage: Knowledge Work, Professional Ambition, and the Competing Narratives of the Endeavour Voyage
- 1.1 The natural history context
- 1.2 Sydney Parkinson as author
- ""1.3 Parkinson as collector, or, the afterlife of ethnographic specimens""""1.4 Antiquarianism on the Endeavour""; ""1.5 Parkinson, Joseph Banks, and material culture""; ""2. Campi Phlegraei and the Neapolitan Pursuit of �Most Remote Antiquity�""; ""2.1 Antiquities and natural history in Naples""; ""2.2 Sir William Hamilton�s collaborators""; ""2.3 Word and image in Campi Phlegraei""; ""2.4 Pietro Fabris and the Neapolitan context""; ""2.5 Classical sites and modern media""; ""2.6 On the mountain: Bartolomeo Pumo and Antonio Piaggio""
- ""2.7 Emma Hamilton and Wilhelm Tischbein: knowledge work and social change""""GREEK VASES AND DEEP TIME IN NAPLES""; ""3. Baron d�Hancarville, Sir William Hamilton, and the Collaborative Production of Antiquities""; ""3.1 Antiquarian conditions of production""; ""3.2 The fiscal logic of virtù""; ""3.3 Designing art history""; ""3.4 The author as producer""; ""4. The Natural History of Art: Customs and Manners in The Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities""; ""4.1 The shifting terrain of antiquity""; ""4.2 Customs and manners""; ""4.3 Domains of prehistory""
- ""5. �Their History, Written by Themselves�: Ancient Religion, Deep Time, and Embedded History""""5.1 Virtual antiquity""; ""5.2 Old artefacts, new histories""; ""5.3 Art as history, myth as history""; ""5.4 Art and ritual""; ""5.5 Pre-classical antiquity""; ""ENGLAND�S RUINS""; ""Interlude: Classical to Gothic""; ""6. Antiquarianism and the Science of Preservation: Jacob Schnebbelie, Richard Gough, and Gothic Antiquity""; ""6.1 Gothic materialism""; ""6.2 �A True Practical Antiquary�""; ""6.3 �Private Mixed with Public Life�""; ""6.4 The Antiquaries� Museum""
- ""6.5 Epilogue: John Carter and the science of preservation""""7. �The Whole of This Coast Is Composed of Ruins�: Thomas Webster�s Fieldwork on the Isle of Wight""; ""7.1 Geology and antiquity""; ""7.2 Local history, fieldwork, and collaboration""; ""7.3 �A Sort of Arch or Vault�""; ""7.4 Knowledge work among the ruins""; ""7.5 �The Language of the Antiquary�""; ""7.6 Geological conclusions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""