| Description |
1 online resource (179 pages) |
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Duckworth Debates in Archaeology |
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Duckworth debates in archaeology.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- DEBATES IN ARCHAEOLOGY -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Contradictions -- Grounded and ungrounded -- Resonance and wonder -- 1 Histories Modern and Ancient -- A glimpse of the eighteenth century -- An uncertain view of the ancient world -- Clearer prospects -- 2 Indifference to Context -- Chicken and egg -- Inconsistent labels -- Grounded and ungrounded, side by side -- Grounded but now uncontextualized -- Less is more -- 3 Lessons Learned and Not Learned -- Authority and evidence -- The constancy of style -- Hypotheses built upon hypotheses -- The art market -- 4 Connoisseurship and Class -- Social art history -- Circular logic -- Empty niches -- 5 Red Herrings -- Unknown unknowns -- "From Egypt, exact provenance unknown" -- Licit/illicit -- Repatriation and recontextualization -- Conclusion: Best Practices -- A ripe moment -- Prioritize archaeological context -- Itemize epistemological data -- Bibliography -- Index of artworks and monuments -- Index |
| Summary |
The recent crisis in the world of antiquities collecting has prompted scholars and the general public to pay more attention than ever before to the archaeological findspots and collecting histories of ancient artworks. This new scrutiny is applied to works currently on the market as well as to those acquired since (and despite) the 1970 UNESCO Convention, which aimed to prevent the trafficking in cultural property. When it comes to famous works that have been in major museums for many generations, however, the matter of their origins is rarely considered. Canonical pieces like the Barberini To |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Art, Roman -- Collectors and collecting
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Classical Greek & Roman archaeology.
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ART -- History -- General.
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Art, Roman
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781472502100 |
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1472502108 |
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1306723817 |
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9781306723817 |
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9781472555755 |
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1472555759 |
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9781472502094 |
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1472502094 |
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