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1 online resource (286 pages) |
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Perspectives on Collecting |
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Perspectives on collecting.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; General preface to series; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; I: Voices from the distant past; 1 British Bronze Age burial mounds discussed by Richard Colt Hoare, William Borlase and Edward Cunnington; 2 Excavations in the Derbyshire Peak District by Thomas Bateman; 3 Verses on barrow excavation by Stephen Isaacson; 4 Descriptions of the finding of Bronze Age hoards; 5 Information on the Iron Age burial at Hunmanby, Yorkshire by Thomas Sheppard; 6 Iron Age material from Bulbury, Dorset, described by Edward Cunnington |
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7 The gift exchange tradition described by Herodotus8 Gift exchange as social relationship in The Odyssey; 9 Gifts to men, in The Odyssey; 10 The prestigious genealogy of objects in The Iliad; 11 The role of craftsmen, by Diodorus; 12 Craftsmen and the gods in The Iliad and The Odyssey; 13 Competition in material wealth: Herodotus discusses King Croesus; 14 Palace treasuries in Homer; II: Greek voices; 15 The notion of evidence in material distinctions, by Thucydides; 16 The idea of 'archaeology' in Plato; 17 The practice of 'archaeology' in Strabo |
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18 The relics of the mighty dead, as described by Herodotus and Plutarch19 The role and decoration of temples: Olympia; 20 The role and decoration of temples: the Parthenon; 21 Temple visiting, described by Herodas; 22 Exotic objects as rites of passage; 23 Treasuries and the city-state: the testimony of Pausanias; 24 The mouseion in Aristotle's Lyceum; 25 The Museum of Alexandria; 26 Hellenistic collectors: Aratus of Sicyon; 27 Hellenistic collectors: Attalus of Pergamum; III: Roman voices; 28 Roman acquaintance with Greek art, discussed by Plutarch and Livy |
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29 The development of art history and criticism in the Roman world30 Petronius' Trimalchio: an ignorant connoisseur; 31 The collection of Asinius Pollio; 32 A letter from Cicero to one of his purchasing agents; 33 Letters from Cicero on his collection; 34 The Emperor Augustus as collector; 35 Verres: the archetype of the passionate collector; 36 Perception of collecting psychology, as seen by Pliny; 37 Collecting values and vices as seen by Martial; 38 The passion for murrhine crystalware, recorded by Pliny; 39 The Roman art market; 40 Public displays of works of art, recounted by Pliny |
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41 A private picture gallery, described by Philostratus42 Temporary exhibitions in the city of Rome; 43 Pliny and natural history collecting: a source of inspiration for Renaissance collectors; 44 'Textual collections' and Pliny's influence on later collectors; 45 Pausanias and cultural tourism; 46 'Curator' as a technical term, as Suetonius records; 47 Women collectors: extravagance, folly and fetishism, as Martial shows; IV: Early medieval voices; 48 The author of The Ruin describes life and wealth; 49 Notions about treasure in Beowulf; 50 The story of the Volsung Treasure |
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51 The magical power of the cursed sword Tyrfing |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Flanders, Rosemary
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Morton, Fiona
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| ISBN |
9781351964135 |
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1351964135 |
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