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Ancient marbles in Naples in the eighteenth century : findings, collections, dispersals /
"In Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century Eloisa Dodero aims at documenting the history of numerous private collections formed in Naples during the 18th century, with particular concern for the "Neapolitan marbles" and the circumstances of their dispersal. Research has t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2019].
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| Colección: | Studies in the history of collecting & art markets ;
v. 7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century Eloisa Dodero aims at documenting the history of numerous private collections formed in Naples during the 18th century, with particular concern for the "Neapolitan marbles" and the circumstances of their dispersal. Research has thus made it possible to formulate a synthesis of the collecting dynamics of Naples in the 18th century, to define the interest of the great European collectors, especially British, in the antiquities of the city and its territory and to draw up a catalogue which for the first time brings together the nucleus of sculptures reported in the Neapolitan collections or coming from irregular excavations, most of which shared the destiny of dispersal, in some cases here traced in definitive fashion"-- |
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| Notas: | Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Naples Federico II, 2009, under the title: Marmi antichi a Napoli nel XVIII secolo : collezioni, rinvenimenti, dispersioni. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 630 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004399105 9004399100 |
| ISSN: | 2352-0485 ; |