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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1658
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Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: The Connoisseur
Author: Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Catalogue of the Collection of Paintings, Porcelain, Bronzes, Decorative Furniture, and Other Works of Art
Author: C. BlackPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382507293
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
The Athenæum
Author: The Compensations of Plunder
Author: Justin M. JacobsPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022671201X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
From the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely regarded as stolen from their countries of origin, and demands for their repatriation grow louder by the day. In The Compensations of Plunder, Justin M. Jacobs brings to light the historical context of the exodus of cultural treasures from northwestern China. Based on a close analysis of previously neglected archives in English, French, and Chinese, Jacobs finds that many local elites in China acquiesced to the removal of art and antiquities abroad, understanding their trade as currency for a cosmopolitan elite. In the decades after the 1911 Revolution, however, these antiquities went from being “diplomatic capital” to disputed icons of the emerging nation-state. A new generation of Chinese scholars began to criminalize the prior activities of archaeologists, erasing all memory of the pragmatic barter relationship that once existed in China. Recovering the voices of those local officials, scholars, and laborers who shaped the global trade in antiquities, The Compensations of Plunder brings historical grounding to a highly contentious topic in modern Chinese history and informs heated debates over cultural restitution throughout the world.
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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