Shaky Ground : Context, Connoisseurship and the History of Roman Art.

The recent crisis in the world of antiquities collecting has prompted scholars and the general public to pay more attention than ever before to the archaeological findspots and collecting histories of ancient artworks. This new scrutiny is applied to works currently on the market as well as to those...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marlowe, Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
Colección:Duckworth debates in archaeology.
Temas:
Art, Roman > Collectors and collecting.
Art romain > Collectionneurs et collections.
Classical Greek & Roman archaeology.
ART > History > General.
Art, Roman
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • DEBATES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction: Contradictions
  • Grounded and ungrounded
  • Resonance and wonder
  • 1 Histories Modern and Ancient
  • A glimpse of the eighteenth century
  • An uncertain view of the ancient world
  • Clearer prospects
  • 2 Indifference to Context
  • Chicken and egg
  • Inconsistent labels
  • Grounded and ungrounded, side by side
  • Grounded but now uncontextualized
  • Less is more
  • 3 Lessons Learned and Not Learned
  • Authority and evidence
  • The constancy of style
  • Hypotheses built upon hypotheses
  • The art market
  • 4 Connoisseurship and Class
  • Social art history
  • Circular logic
  • Empty niches
  • 5 Red Herrings
  • Unknown unknowns
  • "From Egypt, exact provenance unknown"
  • Licit/illicit
  • Repatriation and recontextualization
  • Conclusion: Best Practices
  • A ripe moment
  • Prioritize archaeological context
  • Itemize epistemological data
  • Bibliography
  • Index of artworks and monuments
  • Index.

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