Classical sculpture and the culture of collecting in britain since 1760
Auteur :
Coltman, Viccy
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199551262
Date de publication :
6 août 2009
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
790 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.