| Description |
xvi, 376 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Series |
Reviews of current research, 7 |
| Contents |
I. "A new Rome" -- II. The public and private collections of Rome -- III. Plaster casts and prints -- IV. Control and codification -- V. Casts and copies in seventeenth-century courts -- VI. "Tout ce qu'il y a de beau en Italie" -- VII. Erudite interests -- VIII. Florence : the impact of the Tribuna -- IX. Museums in eighteenth-century Rome -- X. The new importance of Naples -- XI. The proliferation of casts and copies -- XII. New fashions in the copying of antiquities -- XIII. Reinterpretations of antiquity -- XIV. The last dispersals -- XV. Epilogue |
| Summary |
A history of the development of critical opinions on ancient Greek and Roman sculpture discusses the owners, identification, copies, and fame of individual statues |
| Analysis |
Classical sculptures 1500-1900 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 344-365 |
| Subject |
Aesthetics.
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Mythology, Classical, in art.
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Sculpture, Classical -- Appreciation.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom -- Census.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007007121
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| Author |
Penny, Nicholas, 1949-
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| LC no. |
80024951 |
| ISBN |
0300026412 (hbk.) |
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0300029136 (paperback) |
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