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Museum archetypes and collecting in the ancient world /

Museum archetypes and collecting in the ancient world' offers a broad, yet detailed analysis of the phenomenon of collecting in the ancient world through a museological lens. In the last two decades this has provided a basis for exciting interdisciplinary explorations by archaeologists, art his...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gahtan, Maia W. (Maia Wellington) (Editor ), Pegazzano, Donatella (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2015.
Colección:Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; v. 21.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations and Photo Credits; Notes on the Contributors; Museum Archetypes and Collecting: An Overview of the Public, Private, and Virtual Collections of the Ancient World; Chapter 1 Towards the Museum: Perceiving the Art of "Others" in the Ancient Near East; Chapter 2 Greek Temple Treasures and the Invention of Collecting; Chapter 3 Collecting the Past, Creating the Future: Art Displays in the Hellenistic Mediterranean; Chapter 4 Hellenistic Court Collecting from Alexandros to the Attalids
  • Chapter 5 Poetic Depictions of Ancient DactyliothecaeChapter 6 The Culture of Collecting in Roma: Between Politics and Administration; Chapter 7 Archetypes of Collecting in the Roman World: Antiquarianism, Gift Exchange, Identity and Time-Space as Parameters of Value; Chapter 8 Verres, Cicero and Other Collectors in Late Republican Rome; Chapter 9 Collectables, Antiques and Sumptuary Trends in Ancient Roma: A Look around the Dining Halls of the Late Republic and Early Empire; Chapter 10 Private Art Galleries in Roma: Literary and Archaeological Evidence
  • Chapter 11 Temple Inventory and Fictive Picture Gallery: Ancient Painting between Votive Offering and ArtworkChapter 12 Collecting Culture: Statues and Fragments in Roman Gardens; Chapter 13 The Opportunistic Collector: Sources of Statuary Décor and the Nature of Late Antique Collecting; Chapter 14 Collecting and the Creation of History; Afterword. Framing Knowledge: Collecting Objects, Collecting Texts; Bibliography; Ancient Sources; Modern Works; Index A. Ancient Texts Cited or Mentioned; Index B. Place Names; Index C. Personal Names; Index D. Notable Greek, Latin and Egyptian Words