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The Place of the Antique in Early Modern Europe
Ingrid D. Rowland
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Paperback. The essays in this work explore the influence of antiquity on a broad spectrum of artistic production in Europe, from the 16th to the 18th centuries. It includes investigations of proto-scientific imagery, Ovidian myth, allegorical devices, and the growing influence of Ancient Greece. Num Pages: 118 pages, 9 colour plates, 81 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; ACN; ACQ; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 205 x 11. Weight in Grams: 550.
A scholar's desk, a warlord's castle, a pope's altar, the mouth of a volcano: in the minds of early modern Europeans, all evoked memories of ancient times, from Egyptian pharaohs to Roman emperors. The essays in this catalogue explore the influence of antiquity on a broad spectrum of artistic production in Europe, from the 16th through 18th centuries. They include investigations of proto-scientific imagery, Ovidian myth, allegorical devices, the papal banquet, and the growing importance of Greece to understandings of the ancient world. Together, these essays reveal much about the continual remaking of the antique in the visual culture of ... Read more
A scholar's desk, a warlord's castle, a pope's altar, the mouth of a volcano: in the minds of early modern Europeans, all evoked memories of ancient times, from Egyptian pharaohs to Roman emperors. The essays in this catalogue explore the influence of antiquity on a broad spectrum of artistic production in Europe, from the 16th through 18th centuries. They include investigations of proto-scientific imagery, Ovidian myth, allegorical devices, the papal banquet, and the growing importance of Greece to understandings of the ancient world. Together, these essays reveal much about the continual remaking of the antique in the visual culture of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
Number of Pages
110
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780935573282
SKU
V9780935573282
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