The Collection of Antiquities of the American Academy in Rome

The Collection of Antiquities of the American Academy in Rome PDF Author: Larissa Bonfante
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472119893
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 409

Book Description
A comprehensive presentation of the ancient and diverse artifacts from the American Academy in Rome's collection.

Roman Memories in the Landscape Seen from Capri

Roman Memories in the Landscape Seen from Capri PDF Author: Thomas Spencer Jerome
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naples, Bay of (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Sabina Augusta

Sabina Augusta PDF Author: T. Corey Brennan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190250992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
Sabina Augusta: An Imperial Journey traces the development of Sabina's partnership with her husband, the emperor Hadrian (reigned 117-138), and shows the vital importance of the empress for Hadrian's own aspirations.

Rome

Rome PDF Author: Robert Kahn
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9781892145048
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
City Secrets Rome . is not only slim, small and light but is also packed with information not easily available elsewhere.

Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome

Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Empire Without End

Empire Without End PDF Author: Kathleen Wren Christian
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300154214
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 440

Book Description
In the early fifteenth century, when Romans discovered ancient marble sculptures and inscriptions in the ruins, they often melted them into mortar. A hundred years later, however, antique marbles had assumed their familiar role as works of art displayed in private collections. Many of these collections, especially the Vatican Belvedere, are well known to art historians and archaeologists. Yet discussions of antiquities collecting in Rome too often begin with the Belvedere, that is, only after it was a widespread practice. In this important book, the author steps back to examine the "long" fifteenth century, a critical period in the history of antiquities collecting that has received scant attention. Kathleen Wren Christian examines shifts in the response of artists and writers to spectacular archaeological discoveries and the new role of collecting antiquities in the public life of Roman elites.

Rome and Her Monuments

Rome and Her Monuments PDF Author: Katherine A. Geffcken
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 9780865164574
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 644

Book Description
Helen Nagy, "Miniature Votive Altars in the Collection of the American Academy in Rome"; Gareth Schmeling, "Urbs Aeterna: Rome, a Monument of the Mind"; Susan Martin, "Transportation Issues in the City of Rome"; Anne H. Groton, "Id est quod suspicabar: Suspecting the Worst in Plautus"; Helen F. North, "Lacrimae Virginis Vestalis"; Michael C. J. Putnam, "Horace c. 3.23: Ritual and Art"; Herbert W. Benario, "Three Tacitean Women"

Letters to Miranda and Canova on the Abduction of Antiquities from Rome and Athens

Letters to Miranda and Canova on the Abduction of Antiquities from Rome and Athens PDF Author: Quatremère de Quincy (M., Antoine-Chrysostome)
Publisher: J Paul Getty Museum Publications
ISBN: 9781606060995
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
Quatremére de Quincy, the most famous art critic at the end of the Enlightenment, published two sets of letters about the role of museums. He first implored them to return works of art to their original settings but later argued in favor of the museum as a place where artworks can be safely stored and made available for artists to study. Immensely contraversial and influential since they were written two centuries ago, Quatremére's texts sum up the most bewildering moment of the debate on museums: did the new institution inauguate the death of art, or bring it to its perfection? This volume offers the first English translation of the letters, as well as an extensive introduction that reveals their content, the reason for their intellectual success, and how they enlarge contemporary disputes about cultural property, national claims and universal beauty.

Report - American Academy in Rome

Report - American Academy in Rome PDF Author: American Academy in Rome
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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Baroque Antiquity

Baroque Antiquity PDF Author: Victor Plahte Tschudi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110714986X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 325

Book Description
As if in a Bright Mirror -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography of Cited Works -- Index